Valea lui Mihai climate — normals and trends
Valea lui Mihai (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 646 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Valea lui Mihai averages 82 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Valea lui Mihai 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 96 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 23 July 2022) and the coldest -26.6 °C (on 24 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
Valea lui MihaiBihor County
- coords
- 47.52°, 22.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
646mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
4.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
39.8 °C
23 July 2022
Coldest day
-26.6 °C
24 January 1963
Wettest day
54 mm
13 October 2009
Windiest day
40.0 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
1 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
20 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
14.8 cm
14 February 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 May 1940
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 | 5.9 °C | +4.5 °C | 32 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +4.0 °C | 72 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 29 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | -2.9 °C | 77 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 16 mm | -65 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 78 mm | +8 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 45 mm | -9 mm |
| Sep | 24.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 64 mm | +16 mm |
| Oct | 14.7 °C | -1.8 °C | 36 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 43 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 3 mm | -47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Valea lui Mihai?
Valea lui Mihai has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 646 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Valea lui Mihai?
The hottest day measured in Valea lui Mihai between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2022, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Valea lui Mihai?
The coldest day measured in Valea lui Mihai between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1963, at -26.6 °C.
Does it snow in Valea lui Mihai?
Yes. Valea lui Mihai gets on average 43.0 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Valea lui Mihai warmed?
Yes: Valea lui Mihai warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Valea lui Mihai?
The wettest day measured in Valea lui Mihai between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 2009, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Valea lui Mihai?
The windiest day measured in Valea lui Mihai between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 40.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Valea lui Mihai?
The warmest month in Valea lui Mihai is July (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Valea lui Mihai?
Valea lui Mihai receives on average 646 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Valea lui Mihai?
Valea lui Mihai gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Valea lui Mihai?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Valea lui Mihai between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1962, with 14.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Valea lui Mihai?
Yes: Valea lui Mihai has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Valea lui Mihai?
In Valea lui Mihai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 20 July 2007, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 22 January 1940.
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