Zetea climate — normals and trends
Zetea (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 802 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 (-5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zetea averages 132 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Zetea 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 149 to 115 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.6 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -30.2 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
ZeteaHarghita County
- coords
- 46.38°, 25.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.0°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
802mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 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
34.6 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
55 mm
4 October 1952
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
112.3 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
17 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-35.2 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
16.1 cm
2 November 1974
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 | 4.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 29 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 11.8 °C | +5.9 °C | 63 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 39 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 14.6 °C | -2.8 °C | 190 mm | +91 mm |
| Jun | 23.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 17 mm | -91 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 128 mm | +26 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 69 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 47 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 10.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 83 mm | +33 mm |
| Nov | 9.4 °C | +3.4 °C | 69 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 15 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zetea?
Zetea has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.0 °C and it receives 802 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zetea?
The hottest day measured in Zetea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 34.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zetea?
The coldest day measured in Zetea between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Zetea?
Yes. Zetea gets on average 107.8 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Zetea warmed?
Yes: Zetea warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zetea?
The wettest day measured in Zetea between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1952, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zetea?
The windiest day measured in Zetea between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zetea?
The warmest month in Zetea is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zetea?
Zetea receives on average 802 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zetea?
Zetea gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zetea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zetea between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 1974, with 16.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zetea?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zetea.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zetea?
In Zetea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 17 July 2024, and the lowest was -35.2 °C on 23 January 1963.
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