The three wettest years of the past 123 years have all come in the 21st century, with the driest year being the war-torn year of 1917, followed by 2000, when many parts of the country received less than half the normal rainfall. year, according to ANM data.

Years that will go down in history with a large amount of precipitation or its absence

Years with the highest amount of precipitation in the country and the percentage difference from the median of the reference interval 1981 – 2010.

2005: +40%

2010: +30%

1941: +25%

1966: +25%

2014: +25%

The driest years and the percentage difference from the median of the control interval 1981 – 2010

1917 -50%

2000: -35%

1918 -35%

1907 -30%

1992 -30%

Over the past decade, 2011 was the driest year, and 2016 was the wettest.

The driest years of the 20th century

Dry years: 1904, 1907, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1929, 1934, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1961, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1904, 2

The driest years before 1900: 1872-1874, 1894, 1896

Years with a lot of rain in the 20th century: 1912, 1915, 1919, 1941, 1944, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1991, 1992, 1997

Years with excessive precipitation before 1900: 1870-72, 1884, 1887, 1897

2005, the wettest year, brought exceptional figures in the precipitation category: 1628 mm in Sinaia 1500, 1244 mm in Oravice, 1109 mm in Bucharest Filaret, 1082 mm in Craiova, 1067 mm in Alexandria and 1121 mm in Tirgu Giu. Values ​​include both rain and solid precipitation.

Some rainfall records

Stâna de Vale, the long-term average is 1631 mm. Maximum: in 1980: 2370 mm

Filaret of Bucharest, multi-year average 613 mm – In 2005, a total of 1109 mm, and in 1991, a total of 932.8 mm. The minimum was in 1945: only 277.2 mm.

IASI, average multi-year 585 mm. In 1940, the total figure was 831.3 mm, and in 1945 it was only 341.9 mm.

Sibiuan average of 628 mm over many years. In 1912, it was 959 mm, and in 1983, only 360.5 mm.

Especially, multi-year average of 941 mm. In 1944, the total figure was 1331 mm, and in 1986 it was only 616 mm.

Timisoarathe long-term average is 591 mm. In 1915, the total amount was 1003 mm, and in 2000 it was only 296.3 mm.

Sulinaaverage multi-year 268 mm. In 1939, the total was 640.5 mm, and in 1942, only 132.1 mm, and in 2000, only 137.6 mm.

The height of Sinai is 1500: 1628 mm in 2005 and 1573 mm in 2010

Drobeta Turnu-Severin – maximum: 1452 mm in 1919

Baia Mare – a maximum of 1419 mm in 1922

Oravita – a maximum of 1244 mm in 2005

Shugatag windows1136 mm in 1941

Niamt stone: 1164 mm in 1912.

Data sources

The year ranking is derived from the 2022 weather profile for Romania by ANM

To obtain maximum and minimum values ​​from several weather stations and to calculate rainy and dry years, we used two sources:

National Meteorological Administration – Climate of Romania, Romanian Academy Publishing House, Bucharest, 2008

“100 Climate Records in Romania” brochure, Bucharest 2018

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