Pechea climate — normals and trends
Pechea (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 542 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pechea averages 91 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Pechea has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 107 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 22 July 2007) and the coldest -28.2 °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
PecheaGalați County
- coords
- 45.63°, 27.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
6.8°C
Annual rainfall
542mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
91 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.5 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
40.5 °C
22 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
121 mm
12 July 1969
Windiest day
45.1 km/h
5 January 1966
Strongest gust
88.6 km/h
21 March 2007
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.9 cm
20 April 2017
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 | 7.7 °C | +6.6 °C | 11 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 8 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 40 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | -1.7 °C | 105 mm | +41 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 8 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 89 mm | +29 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 24 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 103 mm | +67 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 71 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | 5.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pechea?
Pechea has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 542 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pechea?
The hottest day measured in Pechea between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2007, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pechea?
The coldest day measured in Pechea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Pechea?
Yes. Pechea gets on average 49.5 cm of snow per year and has around 91 frost days.
Has the climate of Pechea warmed?
Yes: Pechea warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pechea?
The wettest day measured in Pechea between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1969, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pechea?
The windiest day measured in Pechea between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1966, with winds reaching 45.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pechea?
The warmest month in Pechea is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Pechea?
Pechea receives on average 542 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pechea?
Pechea 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 Pechea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pechea between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2017, with 26.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pechea?
Yes: Pechea has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pechea?
In Pechea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 16 July 2024, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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