Vedea climate — normals and trends
Vedea (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 641 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Vedea averages 73 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Vedea has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °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 42.5 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -29.5 °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
VedeaGiurgiu County
- coords
- 43.78°, 25.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
8.0°C
Annual rainfall
641mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
15.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.2 cm
Average feels-like high
15.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.9 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
20 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
42.5 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.5 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
100 mm
30 June 2013
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
3 May 1978
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
30 January 1962
Hottest feels-like
43.8 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.8 °C | +7.5 °C | 6 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 2.3 °C | -3.2 °C | 34 mm | -4 mm |
| Mar | 16.7 °C | +5.9 °C | 41 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 17.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 32 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 20.9 °C | -1.6 °C | 108 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 30.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 21 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 38 mm | -27 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 38 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 14 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 199 mm | +156 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 101 mm | +52 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vedea?
Vedea has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 641 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vedea?
The hottest day measured in Vedea between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vedea?
The coldest day measured in Vedea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.5 °C.
Does it snow in Vedea?
Yes. Vedea gets on average 61.2 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Vedea warmed?
Yes: Vedea warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vedea?
The wettest day measured in Vedea between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2013, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vedea?
The windiest day measured in Vedea between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1978, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vedea?
The warmest month in Vedea is July (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Vedea?
Vedea receives on average 641 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vedea?
Vedea 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 Vedea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vedea between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vedea?
Yes: Vedea has on average 20 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vedea?
In Vedea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 25 January 1942.
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