Podari climate — normals and trends
Podari (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 591 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 (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Podari averages 74 frost days, 46 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 96 rainy days per year.
Podari has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 91 to 57 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.3 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.2 °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
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- coords
- 44.25°, 23.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.3°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
8.0°C
Annual rainfall
591mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
15.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
74 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
46 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
96 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.8 cm
Average feels-like high
15.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
44.3 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
79 mm
3 July 2005
Windiest day
47.1 km/h
6 February 1969
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
13 November 2016
Hottest feels-like
44.3 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
25 January 2014
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 | 9.3 °C | +7.1 °C | 4 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 12 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 17.3 °C | +6.1 °C | 63 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 30 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | -0.7 °C | 80 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 33.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 15 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 34.9 °C | +4.9 °C | 9 mm | -47 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 20 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 18 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 136 mm | +92 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 111 mm | +61 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 47 mm | -0 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Podari?
Podari has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 591 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Podari?
The hottest day measured in Podari between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 44.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Podari?
The coldest day measured in Podari between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Podari?
Yes. Podari gets on average 54.8 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.
Has the climate of Podari warmed?
Yes: Podari warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Podari?
The wettest day measured in Podari between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2005, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Podari?
The windiest day measured in Podari between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with winds reaching 47.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Podari?
The warmest month in Podari is July (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Podari?
Podari receives on average 591 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 96 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Podari?
Podari 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 Podari?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Podari between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Podari?
Yes: Podari has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Podari?
In Podari, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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