Petreşti climate — normals and trends
Petreşti (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 815 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 (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Petreşti averages 93 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Petreşti has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 109 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -26.1 °C (on 15 January 1972).
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
PetreştiDâmbovița County
- coords
- 44.65°, 25.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
815mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
38.9 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
15 January 1972
Wettest day
109 mm
2 August 1997
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
6 February 1969
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-30.9 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
26 February 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 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 | +7.3 °C | 6 mm | -39 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | -2.2 °C | 22 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +5.1 °C | 59 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 31 mm | -45 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 174 mm | +74 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 31 mm | -84 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 65 mm | -32 mm |
| Aug | 29.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 43 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 15.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 144 mm | +90 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 140 mm | +84 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 18 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Petreşti?
Petreşti has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 815 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Petreşti?
The hottest day measured in Petreşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Petreşti?
The coldest day measured in Petreşti between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1972, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Petreşti?
Yes. Petreşti gets on average 64.9 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Petreşti warmed?
Yes: Petreşti warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Petreşti?
The wettest day measured in Petreşti between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1997, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Petreşti?
The windiest day measured in Petreşti between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Petreşti?
The warmest month in Petreşti is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Petreşti?
Petreşti receives on average 815 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Petreşti?
Petreşti gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Petreşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Petreşti between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1973, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Petreşti?
Yes: Petreşti has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Petreşti?
In Petreşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -30.9 °C on 10 January 1940.
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