Stâlpeni climate — normals and trends
Stâlpeni (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 822 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 (20.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Stâlpeni averages 102 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Stâlpeni 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 118 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -25.9 °C (on 5 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
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- coords
- 45.05°, 24.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
822mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
102 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
75.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
26.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-25.9 °C
5 February 1956
Wettest day
87 mm
2 August 1997
Windiest day
33.4 km/h
10 February 1984
Strongest gust
83.2 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
5 February 1956
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
8 December 1945
Sunniest day
15.0 h
10 July 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 | 8.1 °C | +6.4 °C | 9 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | -1.7 °C | 27 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 64 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 35 mm | -44 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 161 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 27 mm | -86 mm |
| Jul | 28.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 70 mm | -22 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 120 mm | +65 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 139 mm | +83 mm |
| Dec | 6.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 18 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Stâlpeni?
Stâlpeni has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 822 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Stâlpeni?
The hottest day measured in Stâlpeni between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 37.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Stâlpeni?
The coldest day measured in Stâlpeni between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1956, at -25.9 °C.
Does it snow in Stâlpeni?
Yes. Stâlpeni gets on average 75.9 cm of snow per year and has around 102 frost days.
Has the climate of Stâlpeni warmed?
Yes: Stâlpeni warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Stâlpeni?
The wettest day measured in Stâlpeni between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1997, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Stâlpeni?
The windiest day measured in Stâlpeni between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with winds reaching 33.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Stâlpeni?
The warmest month in Stâlpeni is July (20.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Stâlpeni?
Stâlpeni receives on average 822 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Stâlpeni?
Stâlpeni gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Stâlpeni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Stâlpeni between 1940 and 2025 was 8 December 1945, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Stâlpeni?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Stâlpeni.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Stâlpeni?
In Stâlpeni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 5 February 1956.
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