Pogoanele climate — normals and trends
Pogoanele (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 565 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pogoanele averages 87 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Pogoanele has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 23 July 2007) and the coldest -30.0 °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
PogoaneleBuzău County
- coords
- 44.92°, 27.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.2°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
565mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
16.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
33 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
18 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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
41.1 °C
23 July 2007
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
80 mm
15 June 1948
Windiest day
57.3 km/h
3 February 1954
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.8 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
14.9 h
6 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.3 °C | +7.6 °C | 12 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 3.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 14 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +6.4 °C | 35 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 23 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | -1.2 °C | 146 mm | +79 mm |
| Jun | 30.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 15 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 75 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 9 mm | -34 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 24 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 16.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 113 mm | +74 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 98 mm | +55 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 11 mm | -31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pogoanele?
Pogoanele has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 565 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pogoanele?
The hottest day measured in Pogoanele between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2007, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pogoanele?
The coldest day measured in Pogoanele between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Pogoanele?
Yes. Pogoanele gets on average 49.5 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Pogoanele warmed?
Yes: Pogoanele warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pogoanele?
The wettest day measured in Pogoanele between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1948, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pogoanele?
The windiest day measured in Pogoanele between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1954, with winds reaching 57.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pogoanele?
The warmest month in Pogoanele is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Pogoanele?
Pogoanele receives on average 565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pogoanele?
Pogoanele gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pogoanele?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pogoanele between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 19.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pogoanele?
Yes: Pogoanele has on average 18 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pogoanele?
In Pogoanele, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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