Leţcani climate — normals and trends
Leţcani (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 565 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Leţcani averages 99 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Leţcani 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 119 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 19 July 2007) and the coldest -29.1 °C (on 20 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
LeţcaniIași County
- coords
- 47.18°, 27.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
565mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
40.7 °C
19 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
20 January 1963
Wettest day
95 mm
18 June 1985
Windiest day
44.7 km/h
11 March 1945
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
3 November 1981
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-34.1 °C
20 January 1963
Snowiest day
24.8 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.2 h
16 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 °C | +7.2 °C | 17 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 8 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +6.3 °C | 39 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 25 mm | -25 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | -2.9 °C | 174 mm | +113 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 86 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 23 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 38 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 71 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 38 mm | -1 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 16 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Leţcani?
Leţcani has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 565 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Leţcani?
The hottest day measured in Leţcani between 1940 and 2025 was 19 July 2007, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Leţcani?
The coldest day measured in Leţcani between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1963, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Leţcani?
Yes. Leţcani gets on average 61.2 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Leţcani warmed?
Yes: Leţcani warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Leţcani?
The wettest day measured in Leţcani between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 1985, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Leţcani?
The windiest day measured in Leţcani between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1945, with winds reaching 44.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Leţcani?
The warmest month in Leţcani is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Leţcani?
Leţcani receives on average 565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Leţcani?
Leţcani gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Leţcani?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Leţcani between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 24.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Leţcani?
Yes: Leţcani has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Leţcani?
In Leţcani, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -34.1 °C on 20 January 1963.
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