Puieşti climate — normals and trends
Puieşti (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 586 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Puieşti averages 105 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Puieşti has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 124 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.5 °C (on 11 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
PuieştiVaslui County
- coords
- 46.43°, 27.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.6°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
586mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
105 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
67.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
39.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
85 mm
12 July 1969
Windiest day
42.3 km/h
19 February 1946
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
21 November 1960
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
4 August 1998
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.4 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.1 h
16 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +7.1 °C | 12 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 8 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.9 °C | 40 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 23 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | -2.1 °C | 154 mm | +85 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 9 mm | -73 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 68 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 10 mm | -44 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 38 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 82 mm | +45 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 46 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 11 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puieşti?
Puieşti has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.6 °C and it receives 586 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puieşti?
The hottest day measured in Puieşti between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puieşti?
The coldest day measured in Puieşti between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Puieşti?
Yes. Puieşti gets on average 67.8 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.
Has the climate of Puieşti warmed?
Yes: Puieşti warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puieşti?
The wettest day measured in Puieşti between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1969, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puieşti?
The windiest day measured in Puieşti between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1946, with winds reaching 42.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puieşti?
The warmest month in Puieşti is July (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Puieşti?
Puieşti receives on average 586 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puieşti?
Puieşti gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Puieşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Puieşti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 25.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Puieşti?
Yes: Puieşti has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puieşti?
In Puieşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 4 August 1998, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 11 January 1940.
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