Crasna climate — normals and trends
Crasna (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,046 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Crasna averages 135 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.
Crasna has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 149 to 121 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 4 July 2000) and the coldest -26.4 °C (on 25 January 2006).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CrasnaGorj County
- coords
- 45.17°, 23.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,046mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
171 d/yr
Annual snowfall
164.0 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.1 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.4 °C
25 January 2006
Wettest day
66 mm
17 September 1955
Windiest day
29.3 km/h
19 March 1985
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.3 °C
25 January 2006
Snowiest day
34.4 cm
8 December 1945
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 19 mm | -39 mm |
| Feb | 0.6 °C | -0.5 °C | 29 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 112 mm | +43 mm |
| Apr | 12.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 99 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | -1.9 °C | 123 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 37 mm | -100 mm |
| Jul | 24.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 64 mm | -51 mm |
| Aug | 23.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 60 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | -1.8 °C | 96 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 155 mm | +81 mm |
| Dec | 3.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 38 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Crasna?
Crasna has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 1,046 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Crasna?
The hottest day measured in Crasna between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Crasna?
The coldest day measured in Crasna between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2006, at -26.4 °C.
Does it snow in Crasna?
Yes. Crasna gets on average 164.0 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Crasna warmed?
Yes: Crasna warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Crasna?
The wettest day measured in Crasna between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1955, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Crasna?
The windiest day measured in Crasna between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1985, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Crasna?
The warmest month in Crasna is July (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Crasna?
Crasna receives on average 1,046 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Crasna?
Crasna gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Crasna?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Crasna between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1945, with 34.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Crasna?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Crasna.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Crasna?
In Crasna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.3 °C on 25 January 2006.
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