Scorţeni climate — normals and trends
Scorţeni (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 763 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Scorţeni averages 101 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.
Scorţeni has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 10 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
ScorţeniPrahova
- coords
- 45.10°, 25.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
763mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
125 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.8 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
26.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
37.0 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
3 July 2017
Windiest day
37.6 km/h
30 January 1962
Strongest gust
82.4 km/h
5 November 1995
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
5 March 1971
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 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 | 8.5 °C | +7.0 °C | 10 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | -1.8 °C | 30 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +5.2 °C | 49 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 41 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | -1.7 °C | 159 mm | +63 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 38 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 51 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 23.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 26 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 121 mm | +70 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 126 mm | +71 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 20 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Scorţeni?
Scorţeni has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 763 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Scorţeni?
The hottest day measured in Scorţeni between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Scorţeni?
The coldest day measured in Scorţeni between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Scorţeni?
Yes. Scorţeni gets on average 73.8 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Scorţeni warmed?
Yes: Scorţeni warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Scorţeni?
The wettest day measured in Scorţeni between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Scorţeni?
The windiest day measured in Scorţeni between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1962, with winds reaching 37.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Scorţeni?
The warmest month in Scorţeni is July (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Scorţeni?
Scorţeni receives on average 763 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Scorţeni?
Scorţeni 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 Scorţeni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Scorţeni between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1971, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Scorţeni?
Yes: Scorţeni has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Scorţeni?
In Scorţeni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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