Romania: Weather Records and Extremes

317 weather records set or tied in Romania in 2026: 171 highs and 42 lows, with a calendar heatmap, ratio by decade and record map.

Key Facts for Romania

Romania has 30 stations in the data, on Europe.
317 weather records were set or tied in Romania in 2026: 171 record highs and 42 record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
In the 2020s, record highs outnumbered record lows 7.26 to 1 in Romania.
2025 holds the most standing records in Romania: 2,041.
Buzau set a monthly record daily precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 6 February 2026.

Record Highs and Lows in 2026

156 highs, 39 lows

Each square is a day of 2026. Warm squares had more record highs than record lows in Romania, cold squares more lows. The busiest day was 30 June 2026 with 27 highs and 0 lows.

Record highs and lows per day in Romania in 2026
Date	Value
2026-01-03	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-06	3 more record highs than lows
2026-01-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-01-25	4 more record highs than lows
2026-01-26	10 more record highs than lows
2026-01-27	3 more record highs than lows
2026-01-29	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-05	3 more record highs than lows
2026-02-06	4 more record highs than lows
2026-02-07	4 more record highs than lows
2026-02-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-13	1 more record highs than lows
2026-02-14	3 more record highs than lows
2026-03-01	1 more record highs than lows
2026-04-03	2 more record highs than lows
2026-04-06	1 more record highs than lows
2026-04-11	2 more record lows than highs
2026-04-13	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-14	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-23	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-26	2 more record highs than lows
2026-04-27	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-28	1 more record lows than highs
2026-04-30	8 more record lows than highs
2026-05-01	10 more record lows than highs
2026-05-02	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-03	6 more record lows than highs
2026-05-04	2 more record lows than highs
2026-05-05	1 more record lows than highs
2026-05-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-13	2 more record lows than highs
2026-05-22	2 more record highs than lows
2026-05-23	1 more record highs than lows
2026-05-26	3 more record highs than lows
2026-05-27	3 more record highs than lows
2026-05-29	1 more record lows than highs
2026-06-08	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-06-21	3 more record highs than lows
2026-06-26	3 more record highs than lows
2026-06-27	6 more record highs than lows
2026-06-28	17 more record highs than lows
2026-06-29	25 more record highs than lows
2026-06-30	27 more record highs than lows
2026-07-01	3 more record highs than lows
2026-07-02	4 more record highs than lows
2026-07-03	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-07	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-09	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-12	1 more record highs than lows
2026-08-21	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-05	3 more record highs than lows
2026-09-11	1 more record highs than lows
2026-09-13	1 more record lows than highs
2026-09-21	1 more record highs than lows

Records per Year, by Type

1924 to 2026

Records set or tied in Romania each year from 1924 to 2026, stacked by record type. 2026 had 317.

Weather records per year in Romania, stacked by type
Year	Highest daily maximum	Lowest daily maximum	Highest daily minimum	Lowest daily minimum	Heaviest daily rainfall	Deepest snow cover	Total
1924	0	0	0	0	13	0	13
1925	0	0	0	0	31	0	31
1926	0	0	0	0	11	0	11
1927	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
1928	0	0	11	20	12	0	43
1929	6	44	30	71	9	0	160
1930	16	17	29	12	21	0	95
1931	13	29	32	52	18	0	144
1932	28	28	56	69	15	0	196
1933	7	50	5	67	21	0	150
1934	23	10	50	18	9	0	110
1935	17	26	34	33	18	0	128
1936	22	2	74	15	13	0	126
1937	11	10	55	10	15	0	101
1938	19	15	38	67	15	0	154
1939	12	13	38	17	19	0	99
1940	1	36	19	75	14	0	145
1941	7	39	17	45	18	0	126
1942	9	34	26	65	15	0	149
1943	7	6	49	71	11	0	144
1944	20	27	31	49	17	0	144
1945	42	23	43	42	8	0	158
1946	106	18	87	49	7	0	267
1947	66	36	75	44	11	0	232
1948	56	22	96	79	10	0	263
1949	36	38	34	59	22	0	189
1950	83	14	128	46	23	0	294
1951	43	4	83	24	16	0	170
1952	55	27	102	72	25	0	281
1953	18	19	41	50	33	0	161
1954	11	64	50	72	34	0	231
1955	20	45	29	44	45	0	183
1956	13	69	24	87	43	0	236
1957	24	34	61	30	43	0	192
1958	36	14	90	31	42	0	213
1959	14	26	33	55	46	0	174
1960	64	42	124	43	58	0	331
1961	54	24	108	61	35	0	282
1962	36	84	119	102	42	0	383
1963	57	66	86	118	40	0	367
1964	32	44	74	63	33	0	246
1965	30	56	43	99	32	0	260
1966	42	34	130	27	51	0	284
1967	34	22	73	21	35	0	185
1968	78	27	128	65	61	0	359
1969	61	49	57	55	83	0	305
1970	26	46	45	55	58	0	230
1971	25	74	55	58	65	0	277
1972	44	61	89	23	66	0	283
1973	28	32	47	94	42	0	243
1974	32	39	34	29	52	0	186
1975	40	26	48	21	54	0	189
1976	7	63	17	55	55	0	197
1977	50	42	69	54	40	0	255
1978	18	49	23	70	53	0	213
1979	26	47	78	42	62	0	255
1980	4	36	26	45	63	0	174
1981	12	30	41	27	65	0	175
1982	27	7	51	44	52	0	181
1983	65	41	90	100	30	0	326
1984	40	40	38	81	63	0	262
1985	65	110	34	110	40	0	359
1986	64	46	70	56	28	0	264
1987	110	129	116	149	51	0	555
1988	53	56	80	66	32	0	287
1989	126	60	140	78	44	0	448
1990	149	16	100	55	32	0	352
1991	140	250	181	203	254	0	1,028
1992	253	94	216	184	152	0	899
1993	367	307	277	331	218	0	1,500
1994	393	69	449	85	206	0	1,202
1995	198	238	192	169	284	0	1,081
1996	184	245	210	208	193	0	1,040
1997	126	240	137	237	283	0	1,023
1998	253	203	343	179	268	0	1,246
1999	125	81	219	69	237	0	731
2000	486	61	373	100	123	0	1,143
2001	281	133	320	102	164	0	1,000
2002	440	149	393	125	173	0	1,280
2003	327	125	229	150	146	0	977
2004	144	65	212	119	210	0	750
2005	122	136	127	147	277	0	809
2006	131	57	177	81	162	0	608
2007	437	43	378	49	186	0	1,093
2008	226	70	196	24	153	0	669
2009	163	49	251	67	164	0	694
2010	206	131	346	69	187	0	939
2011	110	71	126	77	104	0	488
2012	577	126	339	92	177	0	1,311
2013	221	113	256	60	180	0	830
2014	134	46	183	40	208	0	611
2015	291	74	278	39	161	0	843
2016	287	43	379	39	216	17	981
2017	234	66	193	62	174	8	737
2018	275	86	266	72	157	21	877
2019	249	17	322	37	105	0	730
2020	152	23	314	66	156	0	711
2021	157	45	246	51	174	4	677
2022	196	24	217	53	122	14	626
2023	368	50	373	40	169	24	1,024
2024	591	20	504	13	135	0	1,263
2025	376	41	261	75	115	9	877
2026	91	11	64	28	68	33	295

Warm to Cold Ratio by Decade

Record highs per record low by decade in Romania: 1920s 0.3 to 1, 1930s 1.0 to 1, 1940s 1.0 to 1, 1950s 1.2 to 1, 1960s 1.3 to 1, 1970s 0.8 to 1, 1980s 1.0 to 1, 1990s 1.3 to 1, 2000s 2.9 to 1, 2010s 3.9 to 1, 2020s 7.3 to 1. A ratio above 1 means more record highs than record lows.

Record highs per record low in Romania, by decade
Decade	Highs per low
1920s	0.34 to 1
1930s	1.04 to 1
1940s	0.97 to 1
1950s	1.16 to 1
1960s	1.30 to 1
1970s	0.82 to 1
1980s	0.96 to 1
1990s	1.30 to 1
2000s	2.93 to 1
2010s	3.89 to 1
2020s	7.26 to 1

Which Years Hold the Most Standing Records

2025: 2,041

Records still standing in Romania, by the year they were set. 2025 holds the most with 2,041.

Standing records in Romania by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1880	4
1881	3
1882	3
1883	6
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1887	6
1888	3
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	4
1894	2
1895	7
1896	55
1897	68
1898	57
1899	78
1900	37
1901	80
1902	162
1903	51
1904	69
1905	61
1906	41
1907	86
1908	73
1909	92
1910	23
1911	56
1912	61
1913	56
1914	32
1915	64
1916	40
1917	21
1918	54
1919	32
1920	50
1921	56
1922	63
1923	80
1924	74
1925	156
1926	105
1927	118
1928	99
1929	208
1930	72
1931	142
1932	158
1933	165
1934	99
1935	153
1936	128
1937	74
1938	142
1939	102
1940	216
1941	130
1942	150
1943	66
1944	83
1945	89
1946	147
1947	155
1948	154
1949	143
1950	193
1951	96
1952	374
1953	197
1954	273
1955	204
1956	336
1957	250
1958	308
1959	190
1960	328
1961	540
1962	719
1963	835
1964	500
1965	635
1966	560
1967	409
1968	639
1969	716
1970	447
1971	564
1972	516
1973	655
1974	466
1975	450
1976	635
1977	768
1978	631
1979	835
1980	768
1981	643
1982	489
1983	722
1984	700
1985	1,293
1986	544
1987	1,209
1988	633
1989	802
1990	614
1991	727
1992	412
1993	1,132
1994	654
1995	767
1996	854
1997	755
1998	758
1999	449
2000	695
2001	670
2002	811
2003	679
2004	472
2005	561
2006	404
2007	761
2008	476
2009	492
2010	709
2011	373
2012	1,096
2013	642
2014	604
2015	820
2016	1,005
2017	750
2018	992
2019	817
2020	966
2021	883
2022	807
2023	1,359
2024	1,589
2025	2,041
2026	420

Record Map for 2026

401 stations

The 401 highest significance station records of 2026 in Romania, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records in Romania in 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Bucuresti Filaret	Romania	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Buzau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sulina	Romania	Record daily precipitation	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bacau	Romania	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Iasi	Romania	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Constanta	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosiori de Vede	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rosiori de Vede	Romania	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Varfu Omul	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnicu Valcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caransebes	Romania	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sibiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sulina	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sulina	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	37.3 C (99.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ceahlau Toaca	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramnicu Valcea	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sulina	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Top Records by Significance

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Top 10 records in Romania by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 February 2026	Buzau, RO	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
18 February 2026	Bucuresti Filaret, RO	daily rain	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 March 2026	Ceahlau Toaca, RO	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
18 February 2026	Bucuresti-Baneasa, RO	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 2026	Buzau, RO	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 July 2026	Sulina, RO	monthly rain	77.3 mm (3.0 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2026	Ceahlau Toaca, RO	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 2026	Ceahlau Toaca, RO	monthly rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 2026	Bacau, RO	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 May 2026	Iasi, RO	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)

Romania by Year

Stations

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Stations in Romania
Station	Region	Record from	Years	Thresholds
Arad	n/a	1880	147 years	Threshold days
Bucuresti Filaret	n/a	1895	132 years	Threshold days
Baia Mare	n/a	1896	131 years	Threshold days
Buzau	n/a	1896	131 years	Threshold days
Drobeta Turnu Severin	n/a	1896	131 years	Threshold days
Turnu Magurele	n/a	1896	131 years	Threshold days
Calarasi	n/a	1898	129 years	Threshold days
Tg Jiu	n/a	1899	128 years	Threshold days
Cluj Napoca	n/a	1921	106 years	Threshold days
Varfu Omul	n/a	1928	99 years	Threshold days
Bucuresti-Baneasa	n/a	1929	98 years	Threshold days
Constanta	n/a	1952	75 years	Threshold days
Iasi	n/a	1952	75 years	Threshold days
Sibiu	n/a	1952	75 years	Threshold days
Sulina	n/a	1952	75 years	Threshold days
Traian Vuia	n/a	1952	74 years	Threshold days
Galati	n/a	1953	74 years	Threshold days
Bacau	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Bistrita	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Botosani	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Caransebes	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Craiova	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Deva	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Miercurea Ciuc	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Ocna Sugatag	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Ramnicu Valcea	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Rosiori de Vede	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Tulcea	n/a	1961	66 years	Threshold days
Ceahlau Toaca	n/a	1964	63 years	Threshold days
Stefan Cel Mare	n/a	1973	53 years	Threshold days

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).