Vatra Dornei climate — normals and trends
Vatra Dornei (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 976 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 (-7.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Vatra Dornei averages 169 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 164 rainy days per year.
Vatra Dornei has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 184 to 154 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.1 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -30.1 °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
Vatra DorneiSuceava
- coords
- 47.35°, 25.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
8.7°C
Average daily low
0.3°C
Annual rainfall
976mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
12.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
169 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
164 d/yr
Annual snowfall
173.1 cm
Average feels-like high
6.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.7 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · 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
30.1 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
56 mm
27 July 1981
Windiest day
35.6 km/h
7 March 2002
Strongest gust
104.4 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
31.6 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
5 January 1947
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
12 October 2016
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 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 | 1.7 °C | +5.6 °C | 38 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | -1.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 26 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +6.4 °C | 82 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 10.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 81 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 11.2 °C | -3.4 °C | 215 mm | +87 mm |
| Jun | 20.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 38 mm | -107 mm |
| Jul | 21.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 185 mm | +46 mm |
| Aug | 21.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 77 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 17.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 74 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 7.4 °C | -2.7 °C | 75 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 6.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 63 mm | +14 mm |
| Dec | 1.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 21 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vatra Dornei?
Vatra Dornei has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 976 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vatra Dornei?
The hottest day measured in Vatra Dornei between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 30.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vatra Dornei?
The coldest day measured in Vatra Dornei between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Vatra Dornei?
Yes. Vatra Dornei gets on average 173.1 cm of snow per year and has around 169 frost days.
Has the climate of Vatra Dornei warmed?
Yes: Vatra Dornei warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vatra Dornei?
The wettest day measured in Vatra Dornei between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1981, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vatra Dornei?
The windiest day measured in Vatra Dornei between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2002, with winds reaching 35.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vatra Dornei?
The warmest month in Vatra Dornei is July (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Vatra Dornei?
Vatra Dornei receives on average 976 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 164 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vatra Dornei?
Vatra Dornei gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vatra Dornei?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vatra Dornei between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 2016, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vatra Dornei?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vatra Dornei.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vatra Dornei?
In Vatra Dornei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 31.6 °C on 16 July 2024, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 5 January 1947.
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