Strehaia climate — normals and trends
Strehaia (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 743 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Strehaia averages 83 frost days, 28 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 113 rainy days per year.
Strehaia has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 100 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 4 July 2000) and the coldest -28.2 °C (on 25 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
StrehaiaMehedinți County
- coords
- 44.62°, 23.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
743mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
14.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
28 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
113 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
40.9 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
76 mm
16 July 1998
Windiest day
40.8 km/h
24 April 2001
Strongest gust
83.2 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-33.3 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.4 cm
25 January 2014
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.0 °C | +6.3 °C | 11 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 10 mm | -34 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 96 mm | +44 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 89 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 31.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 19 mm | -78 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 30 mm | -43 mm |
| Aug | 30.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 40 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 24 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 121 mm | +70 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 138 mm | +78 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 49 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Strehaia?
Strehaia has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 743 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Strehaia?
The hottest day measured in Strehaia between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Strehaia?
The coldest day measured in Strehaia between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Strehaia?
Yes. Strehaia gets on average 70.1 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Strehaia warmed?
Yes: Strehaia warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Strehaia?
The wettest day measured in Strehaia between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1998, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Strehaia?
The windiest day measured in Strehaia between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2001, with winds reaching 40.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Strehaia?
The warmest month in Strehaia is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Strehaia?
Strehaia receives on average 743 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 113 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Strehaia?
Strehaia gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Strehaia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Strehaia between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2014, with 24.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Strehaia?
Yes: Strehaia has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Strehaia?
In Strehaia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -33.3 °C on 25 January 1942.
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