Moţca climate — normals and trends
Moţca (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 639 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Moţca averages 120 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Moţca has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 140 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 7 August 2012) and the coldest -30.3 °C (on 10 February 1956).
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
MoţcaIași County
- coords
- 47.25°, 26.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
639mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
83.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.9 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
37.9 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest day
-30.3 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
73 mm
12 October 2016
Windiest day
46.1 km/h
14 July 2000
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
14 July 2000
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
17 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-35.2 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
32.6 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.1 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 | 7.4 °C | +7.9 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 1.1 °C | -0.5 °C | 13 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +6.2 °C | 47 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 40 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 16.4 °C | -2.9 °C | 179 mm | +103 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 16 mm | -76 mm |
| Jul | 27.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 91 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 31 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 50 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 76 mm | +35 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 45 mm | +6 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 19 mm | -16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Moţca?
Moţca has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 639 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moţca?
The hottest day measured in Moţca between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2012, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Moţca?
The coldest day measured in Moţca between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -30.3 °C.
Does it snow in Moţca?
Yes. Moţca gets on average 83.5 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Moţca warmed?
Yes: Moţca warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Moţca?
The wettest day measured in Moţca between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2016, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Moţca?
The windiest day measured in Moţca between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2000, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Moţca?
The warmest month in Moţca is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Moţca?
Moţca receives on average 639 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Moţca?
Moţca gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Moţca?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Moţca between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 32.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Moţca?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Moţca.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moţca?
In Moţca, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 17 August 1952, and the lowest was -35.2 °C on 10 February 1956.
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