Gilău climate — normals and trends
Gilău has a warm-summer humid continental climate, averaging 7.1 °C annually with 969 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
GilăuCluj County
- coords
- 46.73°, 23.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
7.1°C
Average daily high
11.6°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
969mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
128 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
155 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.7 cm
Average feels-like high
9.8 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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).
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
33.0 °C
5 August 2017
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
64 mm
18 June 2016
Windiest day
38.5 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.8 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 29 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 2.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 11.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 97 mm | +41 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 75 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 14.2 °C | -2.7 °C | 147 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 36 mm | -106 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 159 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 23.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 112 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 19.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 100 mm | +27 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | -2.3 °C | 67 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 55 mm | +1 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 9 mm | -42 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Gilău (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 969 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Gilău averages 128 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 155 rainy days per year.
Gilău has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 5 August 2017) and the coldest -26.1 °C (on 24 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 Gilău?
Gilău has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 969 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gilău?
The hottest day measured in Gilău between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2017, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gilău?
The coldest day measured in Gilău between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Gilău?
Yes. Gilău gets on average 98.7 cm of snow per year and has around 128 frost days.
Has the climate of Gilău warmed?
Yes: Gilău warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gilău?
The wettest day measured in Gilău between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2016, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gilău?
The windiest day measured in Gilău between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gilău?
The warmest month in Gilău is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Gilău?
Gilău receives on average 969 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 155 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gilău?
Gilău 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 Gilău?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gilău between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 20.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gilău?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gilău.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gilău?
In Gilău, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 24 January 1942.
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