Lupeni climate — normals and trends
Lupeni (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 907 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Lupeni averages 124 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Lupeni has warmed by +2.1 °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 141 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 4 July 2000) and the coldest -27.3 °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
LupeniHunedoara County
- coords
- 45.36°, 23.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
12.4°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
907mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
126.9 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
34.4 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
25 January 2006
Wettest day
71 mm
3 July 2017
Windiest day
27.7 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-31.8 °C
25 January 2006
Snowiest day
32.3 cm
8 December 1945
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 | 6.1 °C | +5.7 °C | 17 mm | -41 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 30 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 113 mm | +46 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 63 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | -1.9 °C | 112 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 18 mm | -88 mm |
| Jul | 25.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 82 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 24.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 41 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 20.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 33 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | -1.8 °C | 94 mm | +29 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 145 mm | +72 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 39 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lupeni?
Lupeni has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 907 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lupeni?
The hottest day measured in Lupeni between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 34.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lupeni?
The coldest day measured in Lupeni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2006, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Lupeni?
Yes. Lupeni gets on average 126.9 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Lupeni warmed?
Yes: Lupeni warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lupeni?
The wettest day measured in Lupeni between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lupeni?
The windiest day measured in Lupeni between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lupeni?
The warmest month in Lupeni is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Lupeni?
Lupeni receives on average 907 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lupeni?
Lupeni gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lupeni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lupeni between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1945, with 32.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lupeni?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Lupeni.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lupeni?
In Lupeni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -31.8 °C on 25 January 2006.
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