Topliţa climate — normals and trends
Topliţa (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.4 °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 (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Topliţa averages 167 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 168 rainy days per year.
Topliţa has warmed by +2.3 °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 181 to 153 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.8 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -29.2 °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
TopliţaHarghita County
- coords
- 46.92°, 25.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.4°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,087mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
167 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
168 d/yr
Annual snowfall
186.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
29.8 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
57 mm
27 July 1981
Windiest day
36.2 km/h
7 March 2002
Strongest gust
108.4 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
31.5 °C
24 August 2007
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
5 January 1947
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
30 December 2001
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 39 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | -2.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 25 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 8.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 88 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 10.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 78 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 11.3 °C | -3.2 °C | 232 mm | +90 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 37 mm | -124 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 205 mm | +49 mm |
| Aug | 21.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 85 mm | -38 mm |
| Sep | 17.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 88 mm | +8 mm |
| Oct | 7.5 °C | -2.6 °C | 81 mm | +22 mm |
| Nov | 6.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 70 mm | +15 mm |
| Dec | 1.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 19 mm | -38 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Topliţa?
Topliţa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.4 °C and it receives 1,087 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Topliţa?
The hottest day measured in Topliţa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 29.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Topliţa?
The coldest day measured in Topliţa between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Topliţa?
Yes. Topliţa gets on average 186.0 cm of snow per year and has around 167 frost days.
Has the climate of Topliţa warmed?
Yes: Topliţa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Topliţa?
The wettest day measured in Topliţa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1981, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Topliţa?
The windiest day measured in Topliţa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2002, with winds reaching 36.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Topliţa?
The warmest month in Topliţa is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Topliţa?
Topliţa receives on average 1,087 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 168 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Topliţa?
Topliţa 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 Topliţa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Topliţa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2001, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Topliţa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Topliţa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Topliţa?
In Topliţa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.5 °C on 24 August 2007, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 5 January 1947.
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