Fărcaşele climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fărcaşele?

Fărcaşele has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 648 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fărcaşele?

The hottest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 43.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fărcaşele?

The coldest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fărcaşele?

Yes. Fărcaşele gets on average 54.6 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Fărcaşele warmed?

Yes: Fărcaşele warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fărcaşele?

The wettest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1943, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fărcaşele?

The windiest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fărcaşele?

The warmest month in Fărcaşele is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fărcaşele?

Fărcaşele receives on average 648 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fărcaşele?

Fărcaşele gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fărcaşele has a hot-summer humid continental climate, averaging 11.9 °C annually with 648 mm of rain per year.

Climate normals · ERA5

FărcaşeleOlt

coords: 44.15°, 24.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

The normals for this period

The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.

Mean daily temperature

11.9°C

Average daily high

16.7°C

Average daily low

7.6°C

Annual rainfall

648mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

15.7km/h

Seasonal range

25.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

79 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

38 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

101 d/yr

Annual snowfall

54.6 cm

Average feels-like high

15.1 °C

Average feels-like low

5.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

19 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Climate month by month

How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.

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

The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.

Hottest day

43.7 °C

24 July 2007

Coldest day

-29.4 °C

25 January 1942

Wettest day

94 mm

19 June 1943

Windiest day

52.1 km/h

6 February 1969

Strongest gust

88.6 km/h

3 May 1978

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

21 July 1987

Coldest feels-like

-35.2 °C

25 January 1942

Snowiest day

24.6 cm

5 November 1995

Sunniest day

15.0 h

23 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	40.7 °C26 July 2025	-10.0 °C10 February 2025	13.5 °C	622 mm	77	65
2024	41.0 °C16 July 2024	-9.1 °C11 January 2024	14.6 °C	506 mm	92	47
2023	37.8 °C4 August 2023	-9.2 °C10 February 2023	14.0 °C	581 mm	59	37
2022	39.1 °C23 July 2022	-8.6 °C25 January 2022	13.3 °C	480 mm	59	71
2021	38.7 °C2 August 2021	-11.8 °C18 January 2021	12.4 °C	764 mm	55	52
2020	35.7 °C1 September 2020	-7.9 °C24 January 2020	13.4 °C	571 mm	57	57
2019	36.7 °C8 August 2019	-11.0 °C13 January 2019	13.6 °C	525 mm	55	60
2018	33.1 °C26 August 2018	-15.8 °C1 March 2018	12.7 °C	671 mm	44	80
2017	39.7 °C29 June 2017	-20.5 °C10 January 2017	12.6 °C	718 mm	63	68
2016	35.7 °C18 June 2016	-20.7 °C20 January 2016	12.5 °C	674 mm	58	63
2015	37.7 °C30 July 2015	-17.6 °C8 January 2015	13.1 °C	647 mm	56	54
2014	35.4 °C13 August 2014	-15.4 °C31 December 2014	12.4 °C	867 mm	29	52
2013	37.5 °C29 July 2013	-11.0 °C10 January 2013	12.9 °C	659 mm	48	76
2012	41.6 °C15 July 2012	-22.3 °C1 February 2012	13.4 °C	540 mm	100	90
2011	36.5 °C16 July 2011	-13.9 °C2 February 2011	12.1 °C	477 mm	49	94
2010	36.1 °C28 August 2010	-17.7 °C26 January 2010	12.2 °C	768 mm	46	73
2009	37.1 °C24 July 2009	-13.8 °C19 December 2009	13.1 °C	627 mm	52	56
2008	37.5 °C16 August 2008	-16.9 °C5 January 2008	13.1 °C	476 mm	71	61
2007	43.7 °C24 July 2007	-11.6 °C23 December 2007	13.8 °C	639 mm	66	53
2006	36.3 °C20 August 2006	-16.3 °C26 January 2006	12.2 °C	541 mm	44	78
2005	35.7 °C1 August 2005	-18.1 °C8 February 2005	11.7 °C	1,142 mm	19	79
2004	37.5 °C10 July 2004	-15.3 °C10 January 2004	12.2 °C	528 mm	36	77
2003	38.9 °C15 August 2003	-11.9 °C13 January 2003	12.4 °C	522 mm	72	97
2002	38.8 °C24 June 2002	-18.2 °C27 December 2002	12.8 °C	690 mm	41	62
2001	38.2 °C10 August 2001	-12.1 °C27 December 2001	12.9 °C	550 mm	52	70
2000	42.2 °C5 July 2000	-16.2 °C26 January 2000	13.2 °C	386 mm	59	68
1999	36.3 °C10 August 1999	-15.2 °C1 February 1999	12.6 °C	767 mm	45	68
1998	40.5 °C2 July 1998	-17.7 °C26 December 1998	12.0 °C	643 mm	57	89
1997	36.3 °C5 July 1997	-18.1 °C18 December 1997	11.1 °C	718 mm	18	86
1996	38.0 °C8 July 1996	-17.3 °C28 December 1996	11.2 °C	700 mm	39	82
1995	33.8 °C24 July 1995	-13.1 °C16 January 1995	11.6 °C	736 mm	27	90
1994	37.5 °C30 June 1994	-11.3 °C13 February 1994	13.3 °C	636 mm	65	66
1993	39.6 °C25 August 1993	-20.5 °C5 January 1993	11.7 °C	547 mm	56	104
1992	37.1 °C28 August 1992	-12.8 °C26 December 1992	12.4 °C	394 mm	51	81
1991	32.9 °C12 July 1991	-15.5 °C11 December 1991	11.0 °C	741 mm	27	92
1990	36.6 °C4 July 1990	-19.1 °C7 January 1990	12.7 °C	588 mm	45	61
1989	35.4 °C19 August 1989	-13.6 °C12 December 1989	12.6 °C	532 mm	37	78
1988	38.7 °C6 July 1988	-11.8 °C3 February 1988	11.9 °C	623 mm	47	84
1987	40.2 °C25 July 1987	-16.8 °C31 January 1987	11.4 °C	663 mm	52	90
1986	36.4 °C19 August 1986	-19.6 °C28 February 1986	11.8 °C	564 mm	43	92
1985	41.4 °C31 July 1985	-23.9 °C13 January 1985	11.0 °C	524 mm	40	92
1984	35.5 °C15 July 1984	-10.5 °C28 December 1984	11.6 °C	625 mm	19	68
1983	34.4 °C12 September 1983	-11.2 °C13 December 1983	12.3 °C	526 mm	31	87
1982	36.8 °C27 June 1982	-9.4 °C16 January 1982	11.5 °C	661 mm	17	86
1981	33.8 °C19 July 1981	-14.0 °C22 December 1981	11.7 °C	707 mm	24	84
1980	36.0 °C10 July 1980	-20.6 °C15 January 1980	10.6 °C	736 mm	17	89
1979	33.3 °C2 August 1979	-12.3 °C21 February 1979	11.4 °C	851 mm	14	74
1978	36.3 °C8 August 1978	-11.3 °C23 February 1978	11.0 °C	696 mm	13	84
1977	36.0 °C22 August 1977	-17.1 °C20 January 1977	11.9 °C	528 mm	29	67
1976	32.8 °C21 July 1976	-14.0 °C9 February 1976	10.9 °C	755 mm	5	80
1975	31.3 °C19 July 1975	-11.3 °C28 November 1975	12.2 °C	907 mm	8	81
1974	36.8 °C18 July 1974	-10.9 °C16 January 1974	12.0 °C	623 mm	29	67
1973	35.6 °C18 July 1973	-17.6 °C27 January 1973	11.0 °C	786 mm	13	102
1972	37.2 °C16 June 1972	-15.8 °C17 January 1972	11.8 °C	999 mm	31	61
1971	35.8 °C8 August 1971	-11.8 °C16 January 1971	11.6 °C	802 mm	22	71
1970	31.1 °C6 August 1970	-11.0 °C19 February 1970	11.4 °C	809 mm	12	80
1969	33.3 °C16 May 1969	-18.2 °C9 January 1969	10.8 °C	829 mm	16	98
1968	37.1 °C9 July 1968	-19.7 °C10 January 1968	12.2 °C	629 mm	24	76
1967	34.2 °C24 July 1967	-18.4 °C12 January 1967	11.8 °C	676 mm	25	78
1966	33.3 °C7 July 1966	-14.2 °C22 January 1966	12.3 °C	894 mm	18	64
1965	37.6 °C26 July 1965	-21.8 °C7 February 1965	11.0 °C	666 mm	29	86
1964	35.1 °C21 July 1964	-16.9 °C13 January 1964	11.3 °C	732 mm	27	88
1963	37.0 °C16 August 1963	-22.9 °C26 January 1963	11.1 °C	638 mm	50	105
1962	34.4 °C28 July 1962	-16.2 °C29 December 1962	11.6 °C	618 mm	44	99
1961	35.5 °C12 August 1961	-13.5 °C28 January 1961	12.4 °C	585 mm	22	63
1960	31.7 °C19 August 1960	-12.1 °C8 February 1960	12.1 °C	735 mm	18	52
1959	34.4 °C31 July 1959	-16.8 °C21 January 1959	11.1 °C	652 mm	22	76
1958	36.9 °C23 August 1958	-11.5 °C6 January 1958	12.4 °C	388 mm	36	71
1957	34.3 °C25 June 1957	-17.0 °C24 December 1957	11.3 °C	739 mm	19	82
1956	34.2 °C20 August 1956	-22.6 °C6 February 1956	10.0 °C	749 mm	24	111
1955	31.7 °C9 June 1955	-16.4 °C6 March 1955	11.2 °C	717 mm	5	80
1954	33.9 °C29 July 1954	-21.9 °C6 February 1954	10.0 °C	804 mm	24	108
1953	34.1 °C30 July 1953	-14.7 °C11 February 1953	11.1 °C	532 mm	26	106
1952	39.0 °C17 August 1952	-18.0 °C10 March 1952	12.3 °C	612 mm	54	77
1951	34.6 °C10 August 1951	-11.9 °C3 February 1951	12.3 °C	624 mm	21	74
1950	36.0 °C5 July 1950	-23.5 °C5 February 1950	12.4 °C	472 mm	60	71
1949	36.2 °C3 August 1949	-15.3 °C12 March 1949	11.9 °C	529 mm	23	84
1948	34.0 °C9 August 1948	-11.0 °C3 January 1948	11.9 °C	415 mm	22	92
1947	35.7 °C9 July 1947	-21.3 °C1 February 1947	11.5 °C	647 mm	32	87
1946	38.8 °C8 September 1946	-23.4 °C19 December 1946	12.3 °C	610 mm	74	85
1945	40.3 °C20 August 1945	-24.1 °C31 January 1945	12.1 °C	306 mm	65	108
1944	33.7 °C3 September 1944	-15.1 °C18 January 1944	12.0 °C	503 mm	42	84
1943	34.2 °C29 September 1943	-18.3 °C20 January 1943	11.6 °C	726 mm	25	95
1942	32.9 °C21 June 1942	-29.4 °C25 January 1942	10.3 °C	556 mm	20	128
1941	31.4 °C17 July 1941	-17.3 °C29 January 1941	9.9 °C	843 mm	5	108
1940	31.9 °C16 July 1940	-24.1 °C10 January 1940	9.0 °C	776 mm	7	118

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.0 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

65 d/yr

-14

Annual rainfall

622 mm

-26 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.4 °C	+7.6 °C	5 mm	-35 mm
Feb	3.9 °C	-1.2 °C	19 mm	-17 mm
Mar	16.5 °C	+5.7 °C	43 mm	-3 mm
Apr	18.7 °C	+1.1 °C	24 mm	-36 mm
May	21.4 °C	-1.4 °C	126 mm	+50 mm
Jun	31.1 °C	+4.3 °C	20 mm	-68 mm
Jul	33.9 °C	+4.6 °C	17 mm	-53 mm
Aug	32.0 °C	+2.7 °C	35 mm	-18 mm
Sep	26.7 °C	+2.1 °C	14 mm	-27 mm
Oct	16.4 °C	-1.3 °C	159 mm	+114 mm
Nov	11.3 °C	+1.3 °C	121 mm	+72 mm
Dec	5.9 °C	+1.9 °C	41 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

26 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-10.0 °C

10 Feb 2025

Wettest day

50.3 mm

8 Oct 2025

Windiest day

44.3 km/h

28 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

72.7 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

22 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-14.2 °C

10 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

6.9 cm

25 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

15.0 h

8 Jun 2025

What was the weather like that day?

The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.

Date

Climate at a glance

What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.

Fărcaşele (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 648 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Fărcaşele averages 79 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.

Fărcaşele 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 95 to 63 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.7 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 25 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fărcaşele?

Fărcaşele has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 648 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fărcaşele?

The hottest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 43.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fărcaşele?

The coldest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.4 °C.

Does it snow in Fărcaşele?

Yes. Fărcaşele gets on average 54.6 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.

Has the climate of Fărcaşele warmed?

Yes: Fărcaşele warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fărcaşele?

The wettest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1943, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fărcaşele?

The windiest day measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fărcaşele?

The warmest month in Fărcaşele is July (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Fărcaşele?

Fărcaşele receives on average 648 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fărcaşele?

Fărcaşele 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 Fărcaşele?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fărcaşele between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1995, with 24.6 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Fărcaşele?

Yes: Fărcaşele has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fărcaşele?

In Fărcaşele, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -35.2 °C on 25 January 1942.

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