Marghita climate — normals and trends
Marghita (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 677 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Marghita averages 81 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.
Marghita has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 95 to 67 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 16 July 2024) and the coldest -26.5 °C (on 21 January 1940).
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
MarghitaBihor County
- coords
- 47.35°, 22.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
677mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
122 d/yr
Annual snowfall
46.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
39.0 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
13 October 2009
Windiest day
38.7 km/h
23 February 1977
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-31.4 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
14 February 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 38 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 18 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 72 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 31 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 18.5 °C | -2.7 °C | 84 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 19 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 73 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 45 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 61 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | -1.7 °C | 36 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 45 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 4 mm | -50 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Marghita?
Marghita has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 677 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Marghita?
The hottest day measured in Marghita between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2024, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Marghita?
The coldest day measured in Marghita between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Marghita?
Yes. Marghita gets on average 46.1 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Marghita warmed?
Yes: Marghita warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Marghita?
The wettest day measured in Marghita between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2009, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Marghita?
The windiest day measured in Marghita between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1977, with winds reaching 38.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Marghita?
The warmest month in Marghita is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Marghita?
Marghita receives on average 677 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Marghita?
Marghita gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Marghita?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Marghita between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Marghita?
Yes: Marghita has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Marghita?
In Marghita, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -31.4 °C on 21 January 1940.
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