In this century, it was no longer -38 degrees Celsius in the country, but only -35, and the lowest temperatures were recorded many decades ago. When was -35 measured for the first time in the country? When and where was the last time it was less than -38 C? What does the graph of the coldest temperatures look like?

The years with temperatures below -35 degrees were 1942, 1929, 1985, 1963, 1987, 1893, 1954 and 2005. The winters of 1963, 1942 and 1985 brought many cold records that still stand today.

Absolute minimum temperatures were recorded under favorable conditions of severe frosts, when masses of cold arctic continental air entered the territory of our country.

The last episode with a minimum below -33 degrees was eight years ago, when in early January it was -35 degrees in Intorsura Buzăului and -33 in Brasov. The absolutely exceptional minimum was on March 11, 2005, when Obarsia Lotruluy had -33 degrees, the absolute minimum for the third month of the year.

The absolute minimum in the country is -38.5 C, recorded in Boda on January 25, 1942. On January 24, at 2:00 p.m., it was -21.4 C, and at 8:00 p.m., it was -29.8 C.

The absolute record occurred in the morning of January 25, but it warmed up significantly in the afternoon and the temperature rose above -10 degrees, and the maximum was reached at the end of the day, when the temperature rose above -6 degrees.

The lowest temperatures in the country since meteorological records exist

Colder than -38 C

– 38.5 C in Bod, January 25, 1942 (the weather station has been gone for several decades)

– 38.4 C in Merkurya-Chuk, January 14, 1985

– 38 C in Hosen, January 18, 1963

– 38 C at the Ohmu peak on February 10, 1929

from -38 C to 36.1 C

– 37.2 in Carlibaba, January 27, 1954, the station has been inactive for several decades

– 36.5 C in Vatra Dorney, January 13, 1950

– 36.3 C in Iasi on February 1, 1937

From -36 to -35.1 C

– 35.8 C in Intorsura Buzăului, February 8, 2005.

– 35.6 C in Slatin on January 15, 1893

– 35.5 C in Kraiów on January 18, 1963

– 35.5 C in Intorsura Buzăului, January 13, 1985.

– 35.5 C in Ohm, January 20, 1985

– 35.3 C in Timisoara, January 24, 1963

– 35.2 C in Mercury Chuk, February 1, 1987

– 35.2 C in Intorsura Buzăului, February 1, 1947.

– 35.2 C in Deja on January 18, 1963

From -35 to -34.1 C

– 35 C in Joseni, February 1929

– 35 C in Pancesti – Dragomyrest (Roman city), January 14, 1893.

– 34.8 C in Șumuleu Ciuc, January 1888 (the weather station was not located in Romania at that time)

– 34.8 C in Alexandria on January 24, 1942

– 34.7 C in Toplyka on January 18, 1963

– 34.7 C in Intorsura Buzăului, January 8, 2015.

– 34.6 C at Mercury-Chuk, January 1963

– 34.5 C in Intorsura Buzăului, December 25, 1998.

– 34.5 C in Intorsura Buzăului, January 5, 1990.

– 34.2 in Cluj and Dumbraven, January 23, 1963.

From -34 to -33 C

– 33.8 C in Predyal on February 11, 1929

– 33.3 C in Brasov, January 8, 2015

– 33.2 in Toplyka and Roman, in the severe winter of 1954

– 33 C at Obarsia Lotrului, March 11, 2005

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