Last year at Christmas it was +18 degrees in the country, and this year it will be over +15 and there will be no snow. Those Christmases with frost and heavy snow remained far in the past, somewhere in the 80s. In Calafate on Christmas five years ago it was almost 19 degrees and in Calarasi it was 18 degrees in 2010. What do the temperature records look like on Christmas Day and the day before?

When it was very cold on Christmas and Christmas Eve

On December 25, 1998, the absolute minimum for December in the country was set (-34.5 at Intorsura Buzăului), as well as other very low temperatures.

Here are some examples: – 33 C in Mercure-Cuc, -28.9 in Joseni- 26.7 in Brasov, -24.6 in Sibiu -23.4 in Tg Mureș and -20.6 in Bucharest Băneasa. The maximum was -13.8 C in Intorsura Buzăului on the day that set the coldest record for December, and in Mierkurja-Chuk it was -20.6 C!

In 1992, the minimum temperature was -28 C in Josena, -27 C in Intorsura Buzăului and -26.8 C in Merkurja-Chuk. Also in 1992, on December 24, it was -26 C in Mercuria-Chuk and -24.5 C in Intorsura Buzăului.

In 1999, Sibiu was -23 C, Mercury Chuk was -20.6 C the day before, and even Drobeta-Turnu-Severin was -11.6 C.

In 2001, the minimum reached -27.5 C at Christmas in Mercury-Chuk, -24.1 C in Sziget Marmatsia, -20.8 C in Arad and -18 C in Oradea, where it is generally much warmer.

In 2002, it was -20.7 C in Bucharest, -17.9 in Cluj, and -11.7 in Constanta. In the capital, the maximum during the day was only -7.6 degrees Celsius.

In 1987, it was -16.4 in Predyal.

2013 was the last Christmas when the low was below -10C at Mercury Chuk, one of the cold poles.

Intorsura Buzăului recorded -11.3 C on Christmas Day in 2016, the lowest temperature recorded there in recent years on December 25, and very far from the absolute record.

When it was very hot on Christmas and Christmas Eve

In 2021, it was +18 C on Christmas Day in Zimniche, +17 C in Beche, Calafat and Turnu-Magurele, and +16 C in Alexandria, Beilesti and Giurgiu. On the day of Advent, the maximum reached +14 degrees.

On the eve of 1982, it was +17 degrees in Calarasi, the night minimum was +11.1 degrees in Oravitza and +9.8 degrees in Constanta.

In 2017, Christmas felt more like Easter, and the temperature proves it:

Konopatka +18.9

Trade +17.7

TC fraction +16.5

The other warm Christmas was in 2010 when it was +18.3C in Calarasi, +15.9C in Constanta and +15.1C in Sibiu. The night brought Constanta an incredibly high minimum for this time of year: +11.2 C.

In 2020, it was +16.1°C on Christmas in Konstanz, and +15.6°C in Zimnytsia. On Christmas Eve, it was +16.3 C at Drobet TC.

In 1995, on December 25, the air temperature was 12-14 degrees above normal:

Winter +17

Magurele Tower +17

Giurgiu +14.9

Brasov +13

Wednesday Chuk +11.5 C

Mostly +9.5

Man +8.4

On December 24, 1995, it was +14.5°С in Iasi, and +10.4°С at night in Timisoara.

2009 was also not very cold:

Sibiu +16

Arad +15.3

Cluj +11.5

Chehlau – Toaka +4.6

In 2014, it was the warmest evening day in the last 50 years, on December 24 in Tirgovishte the maximum temperature was +19.3 C. In Drobeta-Turnu-Severin it was 18 degrees, in Bucharest – +16.6, and in Iasi – +14 ,3.

2015 is also worth remembering because the last days of the year were extremely warm, and in Tirgovishte it was +13.7 C on Christmas, and +21 on the third day of Christmas. In the city of Dambovitsa, there were ten days in a row with a maximum above +10, of which six days were above 15 degrees. On December 28, it was +19.4 C. On the third day of Christmas, it was +12.4 C at Hosen (one of the cold poles).

What Christmas has been like for the past four years

2018 year

Minimum: Fundata -9, Constanta, Calaras +2

Maximums: Paltinish -10, Bucharest, Giurgiu, Tirgovishte +6

2019 year

Minimum: Curtea de Argeș – 3, Calafat, Sulina, Drobeta T Severin +7

Maximums: Fundata -3, Tg Jiu, Drăgăşani +11 C

2020 is the year

Minimum: -1 at many stations, +8 at many stations

Maximum: Stâna de Vale +1, Zimnicea, Constanța +16

2021 year

Minimum: Tirgu Logresti -4.2 Calafat +8

Maximums: Dezh +2.3 Zimnicea and Turnu Magurele +17.8 C

What Christmas was like in the 80s compared to the last decade

In the 80s, there were the last winters “like in the old days” with prolonged cold and a large layer of snow. Those winters are long gone.

Sibiu

Between 1981 and 1990, there were five Christmases with temperatures below -5 degrees and a minimum temperature of -15.5 C. Between 2011 and 2020, there were three Christmases with -5 degrees and a minimum temperature of -6.9 C. in the last 13 years, four times on Advent day it was more than 10 degrees

Bucharest

Between 1981 and 1990, there were five Christmases with a minimum temperature below -5 degrees, with a minimum temperature of -11.4 C. Between 2011 and 2021, there were also three Christmases with a minimum temperature of -5 degrees, with a minimum temperature of -6. 6 C. The changes are noticeable at higher altitudes, however: five of the last 11 Christmases have been above 10 degrees. Between 1980 and 1990 there was no maximum above 10 degrees.

Arad

Between 1981 and 1990 there were three Christmas days with lows below -5 C. There have been none in the last ten years.

IASI

Between 1981 and 1990 there were four Christmases with lows below -5 and only one in the last decade.

Mierkurya Chuk

Between 1981 and 1990 there were six days with temperatures below -5 C and only four in the last decade. There is an important comparison to be made here that shows how things have changed. For 20 years, Christmas in Mierkurya-Chuka has not been lower than -20 C (-27.5 C in 2001). In comparison, between 1981 and 2001, the night of December 25 was below -20 C seven times.

Constant

Seven times in the last 12 years, Christmas temperatures have exceeded +10 degrees, while between 1980 and 1990 there were only two occasions.

Vf Omu

The country’s coldest station had three years with temperatures falling below -15C at Christmas in the 80s and just one such low from 2011 to date.