Drobeta-Turnu Severin climate — normals and trends
Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 781 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Drobeta-Turnu Severin averages 91 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Drobeta-Turnu Severin has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 108 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.9 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -24.3 °C (on 24 January 1942).
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
Drobeta-Turnu SeverinMehedinți County
- coords
- 44.63°, 22.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
781mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
91 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
26.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
39.9 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-24.3 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
81 mm
4 August 2005
Windiest day
33.0 km/h
27 September 1974
Strongest gust
79.9 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
41.7 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-29.3 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
31.4 cm
6 February 1969
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 °C | +5.6 °C | 11 mm | -49 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 19 mm | -38 mm |
| Mar | 14.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 110 mm | +49 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 38 mm | -38 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 72 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 29.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 10 mm | -68 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 27 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -28 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 29 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 107 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 166 mm | +85 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 73 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
Drobeta-Turnu Severin has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 781 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
The hottest day measured in Drobeta-Turnu Severin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 39.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
The coldest day measured in Drobeta-Turnu Severin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -24.3 °C.
Does it snow in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
Yes. Drobeta-Turnu Severin gets on average 88.3 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.
Has the climate of Drobeta-Turnu Severin warmed?
Yes: Drobeta-Turnu Severin warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
The wettest day measured in Drobeta-Turnu Severin between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2005, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
The windiest day measured in Drobeta-Turnu Severin between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1974, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
The warmest month in Drobeta-Turnu Severin is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
Drobeta-Turnu Severin receives on average 781 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
Drobeta-Turnu Severin gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Drobeta-Turnu Severin between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with 31.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
Yes: Drobeta-Turnu Severin has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Drobeta-Turnu Severin?
In Drobeta-Turnu Severin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.7 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -29.3 °C on 24 January 1942.
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