Ianca climate — normals and trends
Ianca (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 525 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 (-1.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ianca averages 82 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Ianca has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 99 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 10 August 1945) and the coldest -28.5 °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
IancaBrăila County
- coords
- 45.13°, 27.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
525mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
33 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
41.1 °C
10 August 1945
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
99 mm
4 October 1998
Windiest day
46.5 km/h
5 January 1966
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.9 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
19 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.2 °C | +7.4 °C | 12 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 9 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 16.1 °C | +6.3 °C | 29 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 20 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | -1.5 °C | 126 mm | +64 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 6 mm | -60 mm |
| Jul | 32.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 59 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 8 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 31 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 104 mm | +67 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 95 mm | +54 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ianca?
Ianca has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 525 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ianca?
The hottest day measured in Ianca between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1945, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ianca?
The coldest day measured in Ianca between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ianca?
Yes. Ianca gets on average 46.4 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Ianca warmed?
Yes: Ianca warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ianca?
The wettest day measured in Ianca between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1998, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ianca?
The windiest day measured in Ianca between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1966, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ianca?
The warmest month in Ianca is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Ianca?
Ianca receives on average 525 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ianca?
Ianca 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 Ianca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ianca between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 21.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ianca?
Yes: Ianca has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ianca?
In Ianca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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