Pleniţa climate — normals and trends
Pleniţa (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 601 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pleniţa averages 73 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Pleniţa 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 91 to 55 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.9 °C (on 4 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
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- coords
- 44.22°, 23.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
601mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
45 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.9 cm
Average feels-like high
15.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
43.9 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
73 mm
11 July 1941
Windiest day
47.1 km/h
24 April 2001
Strongest gust
87.5 km/h
24 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
43.9 °C
25 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.4 cm
25 January 2014
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 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 | +6.8 °C | 8 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 9 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 17.2 °C | +6.0 °C | 77 mm | +30 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 31 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | -0.4 °C | 58 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 33.8 °C | +6.6 °C | 9 mm | -61 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +5.0 °C | 14 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 25 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 19 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 128 mm | +84 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 113 mm | +60 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 54 mm | +5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pleniţa?
Pleniţa has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 601 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pleniţa?
The hottest day measured in Pleniţa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 43.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pleniţa?
The coldest day measured in Pleniţa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Pleniţa?
Yes. Pleniţa gets on average 59.9 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Pleniţa warmed?
Yes: Pleniţa warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pleniţa?
The wettest day measured in Pleniţa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1941, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pleniţa?
The windiest day measured in Pleniţa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2001, with winds reaching 47.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pleniţa?
The warmest month in Pleniţa is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Pleniţa?
Pleniţa receives on average 601 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pleniţa?
Pleniţa 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 Pleniţa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pleniţa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 24.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pleniţa?
Yes: Pleniţa has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pleniţa?
In Pleniţa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 25 July 1987, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 25 January 1942.
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