Ghidigeni climate — normals and trends
Ghidigeni (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 527 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ghidigeni averages 96 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Ghidigeni has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 78 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -27.7 °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
GhidigeniGalați County
- coords
- 46.05°, 27.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.6°C
Average daily high
15.0°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
527mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
22 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
40.5 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
90 mm
12 July 1969
Windiest day
44.1 km/h
5 January 1966
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
19 June 1985
Hottest feels-like
41.6 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
20 April 2017
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | +6.7 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 9 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 48 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 17.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | -1.9 °C | 137 mm | +76 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 6 mm | -61 mm |
| Jul | 30.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 67 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 37 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 97 mm | +61 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 64 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ghidigeni?
Ghidigeni has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.6 °C and it receives 527 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ghidigeni?
The hottest day measured in Ghidigeni between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ghidigeni?
The coldest day measured in Ghidigeni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Ghidigeni?
Yes. Ghidigeni gets on average 57.3 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Ghidigeni warmed?
Yes: Ghidigeni warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ghidigeni?
The wettest day measured in Ghidigeni between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1969, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ghidigeni?
The windiest day measured in Ghidigeni between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1966, with winds reaching 44.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ghidigeni?
The warmest month in Ghidigeni is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Ghidigeni?
Ghidigeni receives on average 527 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ghidigeni?
Ghidigeni gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ghidigeni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ghidigeni between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ghidigeni?
Yes: Ghidigeni has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ghidigeni?
In Ghidigeni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 16 July 2024, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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