Zagon climate — normals and trends
Zagon (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 736 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zagon averages 137 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Zagon has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 154 to 120 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.8 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -30.8 °C (on 4 February 1956).
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
ZagonCovasna County
- coords
- 45.77°, 26.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.6°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
736mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
12.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
137 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
115.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.1 °C
Average feels-like low
0.0 °C
Average peak gust
32.4 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
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
33.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-30.8 °C
4 February 1956
Wettest day
94 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
38.5 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-35.5 °C
4 February 1956
Snowiest day
33.1 cm
15 April 1996
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 °C | +6.3 °C | 12 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 1.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 21 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +6.1 °C | 63 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 13.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 43 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | -1.9 °C | 183 mm | +87 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 23 mm | -80 mm |
| Jul | 25.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 111 mm | +16 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 29 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 41 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | -1.7 °C | 118 mm | +74 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 69 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +2.3 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zagon?
Zagon has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.6 °C and it receives 736 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zagon?
The hottest day measured in Zagon between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 33.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zagon?
The coldest day measured in Zagon between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1956, at -30.8 °C.
Does it snow in Zagon?
Yes. Zagon gets on average 115.1 cm of snow per year and has around 137 frost days.
Has the climate of Zagon warmed?
Yes: Zagon warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zagon?
The wettest day measured in Zagon between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zagon?
The windiest day measured in Zagon between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zagon?
The warmest month in Zagon is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zagon?
Zagon receives on average 736 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zagon?
Zagon 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 Zagon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zagon between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 33.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zagon?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zagon.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zagon?
In Zagon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -35.5 °C on 4 February 1956.
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