Popeşti climate — normals and trends
Popeşti (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 708 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Popeşti averages 89 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Popeşti has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 103 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 23 July 2022) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 21 January 1940).
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
PopeştiBihor County
- coords
- 47.23°, 22.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
708mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
89 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
37.9 °C
23 July 2022
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
13 October 2009
Windiest day
39.0 km/h
23 February 1977
Strongest gust
95.0 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.5 cm
14 February 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 36 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 17 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 68 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 39 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | -2.8 °C | 95 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 23 mm | -66 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 90 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 52 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 66 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 41 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 4 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Popeşti?
Popeşti has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Popeşti?
The hottest day measured in Popeşti between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2022, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Popeşti?
The coldest day measured in Popeşti between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Popeşti?
Yes. Popeşti gets on average 55.7 cm of snow per year and has around 89 frost days.
Has the climate of Popeşti warmed?
Yes: Popeşti warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Popeşti?
The wettest day measured in Popeşti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2009, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Popeşti?
The windiest day measured in Popeşti between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1977, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Popeşti?
The warmest month in Popeşti is July (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Popeşti?
Popeşti receives on average 708 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Popeşti?
Popeşti gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Popeşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Popeşti between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with 14.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Popeşti?
Yes: Popeşti has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Popeşti?
In Popeşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 21 January 1940.
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