Telciu climate — normals and trends
Telciu (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 1,087 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Telciu averages 147 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 165 rainy days per year.
Telciu has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 164 to 130 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 9 August 2013) and the coldest -28.6 °C (on 18 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
TelciuBistrița-Năsăud County
- coords
- 47.43°, 24.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
10.5°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,087mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
147 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
165 d/yr
Annual snowfall
170.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.8 °C
Average peak gust
28.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
32.3 °C
9 August 2013
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
18 January 1963
Wettest day
64 mm
2 August 1959
Windiest day
30.5 km/h
23 March 2007
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
34.2 °C
3 August 1998
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
18 January 1963
Snowiest day
25.6 cm
30 December 2001
Sunniest day
15.0 h
8 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 69 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 1.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 18 mm | -50 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +6.2 °C | 98 mm | +25 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 51 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 13.2 °C | -3.4 °C | 201 mm | +78 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +2.6 °C | 58 mm | -79 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 176 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 78 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 19.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 86 mm | +6 mm |
| Oct | 9.2 °C | -2.5 °C | 89 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 8.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 75 mm | +0 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | +3.6 °C | 21 mm | -59 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Telciu?
Telciu has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 1,087 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Telciu?
The hottest day measured in Telciu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2013, reaching 32.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Telciu?
The coldest day measured in Telciu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1963, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Telciu?
Yes. Telciu gets on average 170.8 cm of snow per year and has around 147 frost days.
Has the climate of Telciu warmed?
Yes: Telciu warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Telciu?
The wettest day measured in Telciu between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1959, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Telciu?
The windiest day measured in Telciu between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 2007, with winds reaching 30.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Telciu?
The warmest month in Telciu is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Telciu?
Telciu receives on average 1,087 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 165 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Telciu?
Telciu gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Telciu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Telciu between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2001, with 25.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Telciu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Telciu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Telciu?
In Telciu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.2 °C on 3 August 1998, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 18 January 1963.
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