Săcele climate — normals and trends
Săcele (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 1,022 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Săcele averages 140 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Săcele has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 155 to 125 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 6 July 1988) and the coldest -30.2 °C (on 17 February 1993).
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
SăceleBrașov County
- coords
- 45.62°, 25.71°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
2.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,022mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
130.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
33.4 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
17 February 1993
Wettest day
85 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
33.1 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
17 February 1993
Snowiest day
33.0 cm
15 April 1996
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +6.0 °C | 13 mm | -30 mm |
| Feb | 0.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 22 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +5.5 °C | 70 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 60 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 14.1 °C | -2.0 °C | 227 mm | +83 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 40 mm | -118 mm |
| Jul | 24.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 186 mm | +36 mm |
| Aug | 23.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 88 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 45 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 10.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 136 mm | +81 mm |
| Nov | 9.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 103 mm | +52 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Săcele?
Săcele has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 1,022 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Săcele?
The hottest day measured in Săcele between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1988, reaching 33.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Săcele?
The coldest day measured in Săcele between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1993, at -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Săcele?
Yes. Săcele gets on average 130.4 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Săcele warmed?
Yes: Săcele warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Săcele?
The wettest day measured in Săcele between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Săcele?
The windiest day measured in Săcele between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 33.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Săcele?
The warmest month in Săcele is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Săcele?
Săcele receives on average 1,022 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Săcele?
Săcele 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 Săcele?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Săcele between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 33.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Săcele?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Săcele.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Săcele?
In Săcele, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 17 February 1993.
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