Târnăveni climate — normals and trends
Târnăveni (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 708 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 (20.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Târnăveni averages 101 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Târnăveni has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 87 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -32.9 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
TârnăveniMureș County
- coords
- 46.33°, 24.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
14.6°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
708mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
26.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
38.4 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-32.9 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
58 mm
17 September 1955
Windiest day
34.4 km/h
2 April 2024
Strongest gust
81.4 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-37.7 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
15.3 cm
17 April 1997
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | +4.9 °C | 19 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 5.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 10 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +5.0 °C | 60 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | -2.4 °C | 131 mm | +38 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +4.8 °C | 28 mm | -75 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 115 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 28.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 84 mm | +10 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 55 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 78 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 11.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 60 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 7 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Târnăveni?
Târnăveni has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 708 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Târnăveni?
The hottest day measured in Târnăveni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Târnăveni?
The coldest day measured in Târnăveni between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -32.9 °C.
Does it snow in Târnăveni?
Yes. Târnăveni gets on average 49.7 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Târnăveni warmed?
Yes: Târnăveni warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Târnăveni?
The wettest day measured in Târnăveni between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1955, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Târnăveni?
The windiest day measured in Târnăveni between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2024, with winds reaching 34.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Târnăveni?
The warmest month in Târnăveni is July (20.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Târnăveni?
Târnăveni receives on average 708 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Târnăveni?
Târnăveni 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 Târnăveni?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Târnăveni between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1997, with 15.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Târnăveni?
Yes: Târnăveni has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Târnăveni?
In Târnăveni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -37.7 °C on 23 January 1963.
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