Reşiţa climate — normals and trends
Reşiţa (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 997 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Reşiţa averages 97 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.
Reşiţa has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 111 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -25.4 °C (on 24 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
ReşiţaCaraș-Severin County
- coords
- 45.30°, 21.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.3°C
Average daily high
13.8°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
997mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
146 d/yr
Annual snowfall
111.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
37.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-25.4 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
74 mm
12 August 1974
Windiest day
37.9 km/h
6 October 1982
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
19 November 1999
Hottest feels-like
39.8 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
16 February 1940
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
8 January 1968
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 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 | 5.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 37 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 4.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 25 mm | -44 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 90 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 47 mm | -47 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 142 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 9 mm | -115 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 95 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 47 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 35 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | -2.1 °C | 101 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 81 mm | +7 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 22 mm | -58 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Reşiţa?
Reşiţa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.3 °C and it receives 997 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Reşiţa?
The hottest day measured in Reşiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Reşiţa?
The coldest day measured in Reşiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -25.4 °C.
Does it snow in Reşiţa?
Yes. Reşiţa gets on average 111.8 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Reşiţa warmed?
Yes: Reşiţa warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Reşiţa?
The wettest day measured in Reşiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1974, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Reşiţa?
The windiest day measured in Reşiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1982, with winds reaching 37.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Reşiţa?
The warmest month in Reşiţa is July (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Reşiţa?
Reşiţa receives on average 997 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Reşiţa?
Reşiţa gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Reşiţa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Reşiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1968, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Reşiţa?
Yes: Reşiţa has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Reşiţa?
In Reşiţa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.8 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 16 February 1940.
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