Ștei climate — normals and trends
Ștei (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 1,058 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 (18.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ștei averages 111 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Ștei has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 123 to 99 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 13 February 2004).
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
ȘteiBihor County
- coords
- 46.53°, 22.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,058mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
120.7 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 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
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
35.5 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
13 February 2004
Wettest day
59 mm
13 October 2009
Windiest day
31.2 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
22 November 2024
Hottest feels-like
37.0 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
13 February 2004
Snowiest day
21.9 cm
21 January 2000
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 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 | 4.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 67 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 17 mm | -57 mm |
| Mar | 12.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 107 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 55 mm | -39 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 174 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 30 mm | -96 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 87 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 72 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 55 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 12.0 °C | -2.4 °C | 71 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 72 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 7 mm | -80 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ștei?
Ștei has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 1,058 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ștei?
The hottest day measured in Ștei between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ștei?
The coldest day measured in Ștei between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2004, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Ștei?
Yes. Ștei gets on average 120.7 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Ștei warmed?
Yes: Ștei warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ștei?
The wettest day measured in Ștei between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2009, with 59 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ștei?
The windiest day measured in Ștei between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 31.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ștei?
The warmest month in Ștei is July (18.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Ștei?
Ștei receives on average 1,058 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ștei?
Ștei gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ștei?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ștei between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 2000, with 21.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ștei?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ștei.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ștei?
In Ștei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 13 February 2004.
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