Haţeg climate — normals and trends
Haţeg (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 1,242 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 (-4.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Haţeg averages 141 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Haţeg 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 155 to 127 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -28.6 °C (on 25 January 2006).
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
HaţegHunedoara County
- coords
- 45.62°, 22.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.2°C
Average daily high
10.6°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,242mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
141 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
183.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+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).
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
32.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
25 January 2006
Wettest day
98 mm
26 June 1996
Windiest day
27.9 km/h
19 February 1946
Strongest gust
110.9 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
25 January 2006
Snowiest day
24.5 cm
19 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 33 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 19 mm | -48 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 131 mm | +53 mm |
| Apr | 12.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 83 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 13.4 °C | -2.3 °C | 207 mm | +52 mm |
| Jun | 22.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 48 mm | -125 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 180 mm | +30 mm |
| Aug | 22.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 94 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 19.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 52 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 9.5 °C | -2.6 °C | 105 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 119 mm | +43 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 25 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Haţeg?
Haţeg has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 1,242 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Haţeg?
The hottest day measured in Haţeg between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Haţeg?
The coldest day measured in Haţeg between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2006, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Haţeg?
Yes. Haţeg gets on average 183.2 cm of snow per year and has around 141 frost days.
Has the climate of Haţeg warmed?
Yes: Haţeg warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Haţeg?
The wettest day measured in Haţeg between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1996, with 98 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Haţeg?
The windiest day measured in Haţeg between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1946, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Haţeg?
The warmest month in Haţeg is July (16.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Haţeg?
Haţeg receives on average 1,242 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Haţeg?
Haţeg 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 Haţeg?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Haţeg between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1958, with 24.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Haţeg?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Haţeg.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Haţeg?
In Haţeg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 25 January 2006.
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