Gurghiu climate — normals and trends
Gurghiu (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 732 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 (18.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Gurghiu averages 117 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Gurghiu 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 134 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 18 January 1963).
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
GurghiuMureș County
- coords
- 46.77°, 24.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
732mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
36.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
18 January 1963
Wettest day
57 mm
12 June 1974
Windiest day
38.2 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
18 January 1963
Snowiest day
13.9 cm
29 January 2007
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 31 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 14 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 58 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | -2.9 °C | 165 mm | +80 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 15 mm | -76 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 130 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 26.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 58 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 44 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | -2.1 °C | 79 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 67 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 14 mm | -39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gurghiu?
Gurghiu has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 732 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gurghiu?
The hottest day measured in Gurghiu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gurghiu?
The coldest day measured in Gurghiu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1963, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Gurghiu?
Yes. Gurghiu gets on average 82.7 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Gurghiu warmed?
Yes: Gurghiu warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gurghiu?
The wettest day measured in Gurghiu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1974, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gurghiu?
The windiest day measured in Gurghiu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 38.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gurghiu?
The warmest month in Gurghiu is July (18.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Gurghiu?
Gurghiu receives on average 732 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gurghiu?
Gurghiu gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gurghiu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gurghiu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2007, with 13.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gurghiu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gurghiu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gurghiu?
In Gurghiu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 18 January 1963.
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