Salonta climate — normals and trends
Salonta (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 666 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Salonta averages 75 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Salonta has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 87 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -26.5 °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
SalontaBihor County
- coords
- 46.80°, 21.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.3°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
666mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
12.9km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
27.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
39.6 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-26.5 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
61 mm
22 August 2004
Windiest day
38.4 km/h
3 February 1985
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
17 April 1999
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.4 cm
12 January 1966
Sunniest day
15.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 35 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 78 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 18.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 31 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 19.4 °C | -2.4 °C | 78 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 11 mm | -67 mm |
| Jul | 29.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 58 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 42 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 46 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 29 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 50 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 4 mm | -52 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Salonta?
Salonta has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.3 °C and it receives 666 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salonta?
The hottest day measured in Salonta between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Salonta?
The coldest day measured in Salonta between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -26.5 °C.
Does it snow in Salonta?
Yes. Salonta gets on average 40.3 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Salonta warmed?
Yes: Salonta warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Salonta?
The wettest day measured in Salonta between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 2004, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Salonta?
The windiest day measured in Salonta between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 38.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Salonta?
The warmest month in Salonta is July (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Salonta?
Salonta receives on average 666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Salonta?
Salonta 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 Salonta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salonta between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1966, with 16.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Salonta?
Yes: Salonta has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salonta?
In Salonta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 24 January 1942.
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