Plopşoru climate — normals and trends
Plopşoru (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 824 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Plopşoru averages 88 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Plopşoru has warmed by +2.1 °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 104 to 72 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 4 July 2000) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 19 December 1946).
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
PlopşoruGorj County
- coords
- 44.78°, 23.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
824mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
88 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
39.8 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
19 December 1946
Wettest day
93 mm
4 August 2005
Windiest day
37.5 km/h
26 February 1988
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
19 December 1946
Snowiest day
29.1 cm
8 December 1945
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 13 mm | -38 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | -0.7 °C | 13 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 96 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 44 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | -1.6 °C | 124 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 29.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 15 mm | -88 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 40 mm | -39 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 36 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 24 mm | -28 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 108 mm | +50 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 173 mm | +103 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 46 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Plopşoru?
Plopşoru has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 824 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Plopşoru?
The hottest day measured in Plopşoru between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Plopşoru?
The coldest day measured in Plopşoru between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1946, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Plopşoru?
Yes. Plopşoru gets on average 68.2 cm of snow per year and has around 88 frost days.
Has the climate of Plopşoru warmed?
Yes: Plopşoru warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Plopşoru?
The wettest day measured in Plopşoru between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2005, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Plopşoru?
The windiest day measured in Plopşoru between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1988, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Plopşoru?
The warmest month in Plopşoru is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Plopşoru?
Plopşoru receives on average 824 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Plopşoru?
Plopşoru 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 Plopşoru?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Plopşoru between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1945, with 29.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Plopşoru?
Yes: Plopşoru has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Plopşoru?
In Plopşoru, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 19 December 1946.
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