Sâncrăieni climate — normals and trends
Sâncrăieni (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 724 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sâncrăieni averages 144 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Sâncrăieni 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 161 to 127 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -31.8 °C (on 4 February 1956).
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
SâncrăieniHarghita County
- coords
- 46.31°, 25.84°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.2°C
Average daily high
10.8°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
724mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
144 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
33.8 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-31.8 °C
4 February 1956
Wettest day
68 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
35.2 km/h
5 November 1995
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
6 November 1995
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-37.1 °C
4 February 1956
Snowiest day
22.9 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 | 3.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 15 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 1.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 16 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.1 °C | +6.1 °C | 58 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 13.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 44 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | -2.3 °C | 189 mm | +90 mm |
| Jun | 23.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 29 mm | -79 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 99 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -39 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 35 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 9.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 74 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 8.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 63 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 12 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sâncrăieni?
Sâncrăieni has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.2 °C and it receives 724 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sâncrăieni?
The hottest day measured in Sâncrăieni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sâncrăieni?
The coldest day measured in Sâncrăieni between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1956, at -31.8 °C.
Does it snow in Sâncrăieni?
Yes. Sâncrăieni gets on average 100.2 cm of snow per year and has around 144 frost days.
Has the climate of Sâncrăieni warmed?
Yes: Sâncrăieni warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sâncrăieni?
The wettest day measured in Sâncrăieni between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sâncrăieni?
The windiest day measured in Sâncrăieni between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1995, with winds reaching 35.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sâncrăieni?
The warmest month in Sâncrăieni is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Sâncrăieni?
Sâncrăieni receives on average 724 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sâncrăieni?
Sâncrăieni 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 Sâncrăieni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sâncrăieni between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 22.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sâncrăieni?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sâncrăieni.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sâncrăieni?
In Sâncrăieni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -37.1 °C on 4 February 1956.
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