Fărcaşele climate — normals and trends
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.
Climate normals · ERA5
FărcaşeleOlt
- coords
- 44.15°, 24.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
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?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
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
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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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 |
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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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