Panciu climate — normals and trends
Panciu (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 676 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Panciu averages 110 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Panciu has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 130 to 90 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -27.9 °C (on 26 December 2002).
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
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- coords
- 45.90°, 27.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
676mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
90.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
39.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
26 December 2002
Wettest day
114 mm
12 July 2005
Windiest day
39.2 km/h
24 February 1977
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
13 July 2000
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
26 December 2002
Snowiest day
35.5 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.1 h
21 June 2012
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.0 °C | +7.2 °C | 8 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 69 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 20 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | -1.8 °C | 195 mm | +117 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 16 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 80 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 28.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 26 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 57 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 14.1 °C | -0.9 °C | 117 mm | +72 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 83 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Panciu?
Panciu has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 676 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Panciu?
The hottest day measured in Panciu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Panciu?
The coldest day measured in Panciu between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2002, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Panciu?
Yes. Panciu gets on average 90.1 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Panciu warmed?
Yes: Panciu warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Panciu?
The wettest day measured in Panciu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2005, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Panciu?
The windiest day measured in Panciu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1977, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Panciu?
The warmest month in Panciu is July (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Panciu?
Panciu receives on average 676 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Panciu?
Panciu gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Panciu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Panciu between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 35.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Panciu?
Yes: Panciu has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Panciu?
In Panciu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 26 December 2002.
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