Valea Stanciului climate — normals and trends
Valea Stanciului (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 634 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Valea Stanciului averages 73 frost days, 47 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Valea Stanciului has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 89 to 57 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.8 °C (on 4 July 2000) and the coldest -29.3 °C (on 25 January 1942).
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 StanciuluiDolj
- coords
- 43.98°, 23.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
634mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
47 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
23 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
44.8 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
74 mm
3 July 2005
Windiest day
50.5 km/h
13 February 1956
Strongest gust
90.7 km/h
13 November 2016
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-34.8 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
26 February 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 June 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 | 9.3 °C | +7.1 °C | 5 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 12 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 17.6 °C | +6.2 °C | 53 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 19.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 39 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 83 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 33.3 °C | +5.9 °C | 10 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 35.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 17 mm | -50 mm |
| Aug | 33.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 27 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 28.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 13 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 145 mm | +102 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 97 mm | +47 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 48 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Valea Stanciului?
Valea Stanciului has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 634 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Valea Stanciului?
The hottest day measured in Valea Stanciului between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 44.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Valea Stanciului?
The coldest day measured in Valea Stanciului between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.3 °C.
Does it snow in Valea Stanciului?
Yes. Valea Stanciului gets on average 55.0 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Valea Stanciului warmed?
Yes: Valea Stanciului warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Valea Stanciului?
The wettest day measured in Valea Stanciului between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2005, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Valea Stanciului?
The windiest day measured in Valea Stanciului between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1956, with winds reaching 50.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Valea Stanciului?
The warmest month in Valea Stanciului is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Valea Stanciului?
Valea Stanciului receives on average 634 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Valea Stanciului?
Valea Stanciului gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Valea Stanciului?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Valea Stanciului between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1973, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Valea Stanciului?
Yes: Valea Stanciului has on average 23 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Valea Stanciului?
In Valea Stanciului, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -34.8 °C on 25 January 1942.
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