Vulcan climate — normals and trends
Vulcan (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 745 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Vulcan averages 127 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Vulcan 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 144 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -29.9 °C (on 12 January 1950).
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
VulcanBrașov County
- coords
- 45.63°, 25.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
745mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
127 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.5 cm
Average feels-like high
10.7 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
35.6 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
12 January 1950
Wettest day
71 mm
12 July 1969
Windiest day
36.6 km/h
19 February 1946
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
38.7 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
12 January 1950
Snowiest day
29.9 cm
15 April 1996
Sunniest day
15.0 h
4 July 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 | 5.8 °C | +6.0 °C | 16 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 18 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 55 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -40 mm |
| May | 16.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 174 mm | +81 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 9 mm | -91 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 140 mm | +45 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 49 mm | -29 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | -2.1 °C | 125 mm | +78 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 74 mm | +31 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 16 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vulcan?
Vulcan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 745 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vulcan?
The hottest day measured in Vulcan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vulcan?
The coldest day measured in Vulcan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1950, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Vulcan?
Yes. Vulcan gets on average 100.5 cm of snow per year and has around 127 frost days.
Has the climate of Vulcan warmed?
Yes: Vulcan warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vulcan?
The wettest day measured in Vulcan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1969, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vulcan?
The windiest day measured in Vulcan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1946, with winds reaching 36.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vulcan?
The warmest month in Vulcan is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Vulcan?
Vulcan receives on average 745 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vulcan?
Vulcan gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vulcan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vulcan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 29.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vulcan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vulcan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vulcan?
In Vulcan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 12 January 1950.
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