Ighiu climate — normals and trends
Ighiu (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 820 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 (18.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ighiu averages 110 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Ighiu has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 127 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 23 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
IghiuAlba County
- coords
- 46.15°, 23.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
4.4°C
Annual rainfall
820mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
69.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
36.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
58 mm
2 July 1975
Windiest day
32.7 km/h
2 April 2024
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
18.9 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 23 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 21 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +4.9 °C | 72 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 64 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | -2.3 °C | 118 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 51 mm | -73 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 142 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 101 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 21.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 59 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 12.1 °C | -2.0 °C | 69 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +3.0 °C | 50 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 7 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ighiu?
Ighiu has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 820 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ighiu?
The hottest day measured in Ighiu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ighiu?
The coldest day measured in Ighiu between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Ighiu?
Yes. Ighiu gets on average 69.5 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Ighiu warmed?
Yes: Ighiu warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ighiu?
The wettest day measured in Ighiu between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1975, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ighiu?
The windiest day measured in Ighiu between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2024, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ighiu?
The warmest month in Ighiu is July (18.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ighiu?
Ighiu receives on average 820 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ighiu?
Ighiu 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 Ighiu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ighiu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 18.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ighiu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ighiu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ighiu?
In Ighiu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 23 January 1963.
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