Lechinţa climate — normals and trends
Lechinţa (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 768 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Lechinţa averages 116 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 133 rainy days per year.
Lechinţa has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -30.5 °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
LechinţaBistrița-Năsăud County
- coords
- 47.02°, 24.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
768mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
133 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.9 °C
Average peak gust
25.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
37.6 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-30.5 °C
18 January 1963
Wettest day
55 mm
12 June 1974
Windiest day
41.1 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
18 January 1963
Snowiest day
13.0 cm
19 February 1958
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +5.0 °C | 34 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 15 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 69 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 40 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | -3.0 °C | 169 mm | +81 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 26 mm | -77 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 125 mm | +34 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 78 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 71 mm | +12 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -1.9 °C | 70 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 71 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 7 mm | -44 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lechinţa?
Lechinţa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 768 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lechinţa?
The hottest day measured in Lechinţa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lechinţa?
The coldest day measured in Lechinţa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1963, at -30.5 °C.
Does it snow in Lechinţa?
Yes. Lechinţa gets on average 64.2 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Lechinţa warmed?
Yes: Lechinţa warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lechinţa?
The wettest day measured in Lechinţa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1974, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lechinţa?
The windiest day measured in Lechinţa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lechinţa?
The warmest month in Lechinţa is July (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Lechinţa?
Lechinţa receives on average 768 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 133 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lechinţa?
Lechinţa gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lechinţa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lechinţa between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1958, with 13.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lechinţa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lechinţa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lechinţa?
In Lechinţa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 18 January 1963.
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