Gârla-Mare climate — normals and trends
Gârla-Mare (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 615 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Gârla-Mare averages 73 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Gârla-Mare has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -27.3 °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
Gârla-MareMehedinți County
- coords
- 44.21°, 22.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
615mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
41 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
66.9 cm
Average feels-like high
15.2 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
43.6 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
16 August 2005
Windiest day
44.1 km/h
24 April 2001
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
24 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.9 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
14 March 1956
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.4 °C | +6.1 °C | 12 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 9 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +5.4 °C | 77 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 19.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 50 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 33.5 °C | +6.7 °C | 12 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 34.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 14 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 32.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 24 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 28.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 23 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 122 mm | +77 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 119 mm | +60 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 62 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gârla-Mare?
Gârla-Mare has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 615 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gârla-Mare?
The hottest day measured in Gârla-Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 43.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gârla-Mare?
The coldest day measured in Gârla-Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Gârla-Mare?
Yes. Gârla-Mare gets on average 66.9 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Gârla-Mare warmed?
Yes: Gârla-Mare warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gârla-Mare?
The wettest day measured in Gârla-Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2005, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gârla-Mare?
The windiest day measured in Gârla-Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2001, with winds reaching 44.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gârla-Mare?
The warmest month in Gârla-Mare is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Gârla-Mare?
Gârla-Mare receives on average 615 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gârla-Mare?
Gârla-Mare 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 Gârla-Mare?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gârla-Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1956, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gârla-Mare?
Yes: Gârla-Mare has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gârla-Mare?
In Gârla-Mare, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.9 °C on 25 January 1942.
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