Ghimeş-Făget climate — normals and trends
Ghimeş-Făget (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 786 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 (16.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ghimeş-Făget averages 158 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Ghimeş-Făget 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 173 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.7 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -32.3 °C (on 11 January 1940).
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
Ghimeş-FăgetBacău County
- coords
- 46.58°, 26.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
10.0°C
Average daily low
1.1°C
Annual rainfall
786mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
158 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
118.8 cm
Average feels-like high
7.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
32.7 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-32.3 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
66 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
25 November 1973
Strongest gust
106.9 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
33.3 °C
20 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-37.4 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
27.5 cm
16 April 1977
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 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 | 3.7 °C | +6.4 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 22 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +6.3 °C | 64 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 11.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 54 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 13.4 °C | -2.3 °C | 193 mm | +83 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 38 mm | -85 mm |
| Jul | 23.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 99 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 40 mm | -49 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 47 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | -2.0 °C | 74 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 65 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 13 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ghimeş-Făget?
Ghimeş-Făget has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 786 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ghimeş-Făget?
The hottest day measured in Ghimeş-Făget between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 32.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ghimeş-Făget?
The coldest day measured in Ghimeş-Făget between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -32.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ghimeş-Făget?
Yes. Ghimeş-Făget gets on average 118.8 cm of snow per year and has around 158 frost days.
Has the climate of Ghimeş-Făget warmed?
Yes: Ghimeş-Făget warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ghimeş-Făget?
The wettest day measured in Ghimeş-Făget between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ghimeş-Făget?
The windiest day measured in Ghimeş-Făget between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1973, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ghimeş-Făget?
The warmest month in Ghimeş-Făget is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ghimeş-Făget?
Ghimeş-Făget receives on average 786 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ghimeş-Făget?
Ghimeş-Făget gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ghimeş-Făget?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ghimeş-Făget between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1977, with 27.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ghimeş-Făget?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ghimeş-Făget.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ghimeş-Făget?
In Ghimeş-Făget, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.3 °C on 20 July 1987, and the lowest was -37.4 °C on 11 January 1940.
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