Zimnicea climate — normals and trends
Zimnicea (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 589 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zimnicea averages 74 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Zimnicea has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.6 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -29.9 °C (on 25 January 1942).
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
ZimniceaTeleorman County
- coords
- 43.66°, 25.36°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
17.3°C
Average daily low
8.2°C
Annual rainfall
589mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
74 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
45 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.3 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
25 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
44.6 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
125 mm
3 July 2017
Windiest day
49.5 km/h
3 May 1978
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
3 May 1978
Hottest feels-like
45.4 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.7 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.7 °C | +7.3 °C | 7 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 3.1 °C | -2.6 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +5.4 °C | 30 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 27 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 89 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 30.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 18 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 29 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 37 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 27.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 9 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 16.9 °C | -1.6 °C | 195 mm | +154 mm |
| Nov | 12.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 96 mm | +51 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 39 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zimnicea?
Zimnicea has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 589 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zimnicea?
The hottest day measured in Zimnicea between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 44.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zimnicea?
The coldest day measured in Zimnicea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Zimnicea?
Yes. Zimnicea gets on average 54.4 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.
Has the climate of Zimnicea warmed?
Yes: Zimnicea warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zimnicea?
The wettest day measured in Zimnicea between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zimnicea?
The windiest day measured in Zimnicea between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1978, with winds reaching 49.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zimnicea?
The warmest month in Zimnicea is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zimnicea?
Zimnicea receives on average 589 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zimnicea?
Zimnicea gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zimnicea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zimnicea between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 24.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zimnicea?
Yes: Zimnicea has on average 25 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zimnicea?
In Zimnicea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.4 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 25 January 1942.
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