Grădiştea climate — normals and trends
Grădiştea (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 555 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Grădiştea averages 72 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Grădiştea has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.8 °C (on 20 August 1945) and the coldest -28.2 °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
GrădişteaCălărași County
- coords
- 44.23°, 27.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.0°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
8.0°C
Annual rainfall
555mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
72 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
32 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
41.8 °C
20 August 1945
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
90 mm
23 September 1964
Windiest day
46.5 km/h
13 November 2016
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
5 April 2000
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-33.7 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.0 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
14.9 h
27 June 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.8 °C | +7.2 °C | 15 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 2.3 °C | -2.9 °C | 23 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +6.0 °C | 20 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 25 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 77 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 6 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 44 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 8 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 22 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 138 mm | +97 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 100 mm | +55 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 9 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Grădiştea?
Grădiştea has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.0 °C and it receives 555 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Grădiştea?
The hottest day measured in Grădiştea between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, reaching 41.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Grădiştea?
The coldest day measured in Grădiştea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Grădiştea?
Yes. Grădiştea gets on average 47.3 cm of snow per year and has around 72 frost days.
Has the climate of Grădiştea warmed?
Yes: Grădiştea warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Grădiştea?
The wettest day measured in Grădiştea between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1964, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Grădiştea?
The windiest day measured in Grădiştea between 1940 and 2025 was 13 November 2016, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Grădiştea?
The warmest month in Grădiştea is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Grădiştea?
Grădiştea receives on average 555 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Grădiştea?
Grădiştea 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 Grădiştea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Grădiştea between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 27.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Grădiştea?
Yes: Grădiştea has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Grădiştea?
In Grădiştea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -33.7 °C on 25 January 1942.
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