Moceşti climate — normals and trends
Moceşti (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 606 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Moceşti averages 96 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Moceşti 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 111 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 25 January 1942).
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
MoceştiPrahova
- coords
- 45.05°, 26.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
606mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
27.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
38.4 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
62 mm
11 August 1964
Windiest day
41.5 km/h
5 November 1995
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-33.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
5 March 1971
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.0 °C | +7.1 °C | 10 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | -1.8 °C | 24 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +5.3 °C | 39 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 29 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | -1.8 °C | 161 mm | +88 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +3.2 °C | 9 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 31.1 °C | +3.6 °C | 42 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 12 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 117 mm | +74 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 106 mm | +58 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Moceşti?
Moceşti has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 606 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moceşti?
The hottest day measured in Moceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Moceşti?
The coldest day measured in Moceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Moceşti?
Yes. Moceşti gets on average 56.6 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Moceşti warmed?
Yes: Moceşti warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Moceşti?
The wettest day measured in Moceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1964, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Moceşti?
The windiest day measured in Moceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1995, with winds reaching 41.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Moceşti?
The warmest month in Moceşti is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Moceşti?
Moceşti receives on average 606 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Moceşti?
Moceşti gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Moceşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Moceşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1971, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Moceşti?
Yes: Moceşti has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moceşti?
In Moceşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -33.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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