Vlăhiţa climate — normals and trends
Vlăhiţa (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 765 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Vlăhiţa averages 136 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Vlăhiţa has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 153 to 119 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -30.3 °C (on 10 January 1940).
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
VlăhiţaHarghita County
- coords
- 46.34°, 25.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
765mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
12.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
99.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
34.8 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-30.3 °C
10 January 1940
Wettest day
71 mm
26 August 2007
Windiest day
36.2 km/h
26 November 1964
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-36.2 °C
10 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.7 cm
15 April 1996
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 | 4.1 °C | +5.5 °C | 20 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 61 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 41 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -2.4 °C | 186 mm | +84 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 22 mm | -90 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 115 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 55 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 20.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 36 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 10.5 °C | -2.0 °C | 76 mm | +32 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 63 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 3.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 14 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vlăhiţa?
Vlăhiţa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 765 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vlăhiţa?
The hottest day measured in Vlăhiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 34.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vlăhiţa?
The coldest day measured in Vlăhiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1940, at -30.3 °C.
Does it snow in Vlăhiţa?
Yes. Vlăhiţa gets on average 99.3 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Vlăhiţa warmed?
Yes: Vlăhiţa warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vlăhiţa?
The wettest day measured in Vlăhiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 August 2007, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vlăhiţa?
The windiest day measured in Vlăhiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 1964, with winds reaching 36.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vlăhiţa?
The warmest month in Vlăhiţa is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Vlăhiţa?
Vlăhiţa receives on average 765 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vlăhiţa?
Vlăhiţa 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 Vlăhiţa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vlăhiţa between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 19.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vlăhiţa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vlăhiţa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vlăhiţa?
In Vlăhiţa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -36.2 °C on 10 January 1940.
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