Pucioasa climate — normals and trends
Pucioasa (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 808 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pucioasa averages 105 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Pucioasa has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -27.8 °C (on 15 January 1972).
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
PucioasaDâmbovița County
- coords
- 45.08°, 25.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
808mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
105 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
26.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
36.8 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
15 January 1972
Wettest day
67 mm
28 July 1991
Windiest day
37.5 km/h
30 January 1962
Strongest gust
79.2 km/h
10 February 1984
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-32.3 °C
15 January 1972
Snowiest day
18.9 cm
8 December 1945
Sunniest day
15.0 h
10 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.2 °C | +6.7 °C | 9 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 1.8 °C | -1.9 °C | 30 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 53 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 45 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | -1.8 °C | 158 mm | +53 mm |
| Jun | 26.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 45 mm | -69 mm |
| Jul | 28.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 47 mm | -46 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 38 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 30 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 117 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 11.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 132 mm | +78 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 18 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pucioasa?
Pucioasa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 808 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pucioasa?
The hottest day measured in Pucioasa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 36.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pucioasa?
The coldest day measured in Pucioasa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1972, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Pucioasa?
Yes. Pucioasa gets on average 77.1 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.
Has the climate of Pucioasa warmed?
Yes: Pucioasa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pucioasa?
The wettest day measured in Pucioasa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1991, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pucioasa?
The windiest day measured in Pucioasa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1962, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pucioasa?
The warmest month in Pucioasa is July (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Pucioasa?
Pucioasa receives on average 808 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pucioasa?
Pucioasa gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pucioasa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pucioasa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1945, with 18.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pucioasa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pucioasa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pucioasa?
In Pucioasa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 15 January 1972.
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