Târgu Trotuş climate — normals and trends
Târgu Trotuş (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 696 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Târgu Trotuş averages 118 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Târgu Trotuş has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 138 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.3 °C (on 26 December 2002).
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
Târgu TrotuşBacău County
- coords
- 46.27°, 26.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
696mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
94.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.7 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.3 °C
26 December 2002
Wettest day
99 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
37.0 km/h
24 February 1977
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
24 February 1977
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
22 August 2000
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
26 December 2002
Snowiest day
33.5 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.1 h
16 June 2011
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 | 7.6 °C | +7.4 °C | 9 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 1.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 15 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 13.2 °C | +5.9 °C | 62 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 15.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 35 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 17.2 °C | -2.0 °C | 186 mm | +100 mm |
| Jun | 25.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 63 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 27.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 69 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 27.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 18 mm | -47 mm |
| Sep | 22.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 50 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 13.3 °C | -1.0 °C | 98 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 62 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 19 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Târgu Trotuş?
Târgu Trotuş has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 696 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Târgu Trotuş?
The hottest day measured in Târgu Trotuş between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Târgu Trotuş?
The coldest day measured in Târgu Trotuş between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2002, at -29.3 °C.
Does it snow in Târgu Trotuş?
Yes. Târgu Trotuş gets on average 94.0 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Târgu Trotuş warmed?
Yes: Târgu Trotuş warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Târgu Trotuş?
The wettest day measured in Târgu Trotuş between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Târgu Trotuş?
The windiest day measured in Târgu Trotuş between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1977, with winds reaching 37.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Târgu Trotuş?
The warmest month in Târgu Trotuş is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Târgu Trotuş?
Târgu Trotuş receives on average 696 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Târgu Trotuş?
Târgu Trotuş gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Târgu Trotuş?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Târgu Trotuş between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 33.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Târgu Trotuş?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Târgu Trotuş.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Târgu Trotuş?
In Târgu Trotuş, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 22 August 2000, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 26 December 2002.
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