Zăneşti climate — normals and trends
Zăneşti (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 756 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zăneşti averages 129 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Zăneşti has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 7 August 2012) and the coldest -32.0 °C (on 10 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
ZăneştiNeamț County
- coords
- 46.82°, 26.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
12.5°C
Average daily low
3.4°C
Annual rainfall
756mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
129 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
100.0 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °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
37.0 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest day
-32.0 °C
10 February 1956
Wettest day
78 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
38.8 km/h
23 February 1977
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
23 February 1977
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
22 August 2000
Coldest feels-like
-37.1 °C
10 February 1956
Snowiest day
34.7 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.1 h
23 June 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +7.7 °C | 19 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 1.0 °C | -0.4 °C | 18 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 12.6 °C | +6.2 °C | 63 mm | +17 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 41 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 16.2 °C | -2.3 °C | 200 mm | +106 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 54 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 94 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 26.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 32 mm | -46 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 49 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 12.4 °C | -1.1 °C | 89 mm | +44 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 51 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 4.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zăneşti?
Zăneşti has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 756 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zăneşti?
The hottest day measured in Zăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2012, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zăneşti?
The coldest day measured in Zăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1956, at -32.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zăneşti?
Yes. Zăneşti gets on average 100.0 cm of snow per year and has around 129 frost days.
Has the climate of Zăneşti warmed?
Yes: Zăneşti warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zăneşti?
The wettest day measured in Zăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zăneşti?
The windiest day measured in Zăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1977, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zăneşti?
The warmest month in Zăneşti is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Zăneşti?
Zăneşti receives on average 756 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zăneşti?
Zăneşti gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zăneşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zăneşti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 34.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zăneşti?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zăneşti.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zăneşti?
In Zăneşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 22 August 2000, and the lowest was -37.1 °C on 10 February 1956.
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