Not only was our Christmas really not snowy, but the New Year was not white either. In recent years, there have been late Decembers with temperatures over 20 degrees in the country and over 10 degrees in the mountains. When and where was the temperature even 15 degrees above normal?

Holiday lights in winter without snowPhoto: Vlad Barza / HotNews.ro

Brief information:

  • The highest temperature at the end of the year in the 21st century in Romania was +21 C: in Giurgiu in the last days of 2000 and in Tirgoviste on December 27, 2015.
  • The final days of 2022 will see temperatures well above normal, with temperatures above 10 degrees in several regions on December 31.
  • The day of December 31, 2020 was extremely warm: it was +18.1 in Oltenica, +18 in Zimniche, +17.8 in Giurgiu, and in the morning the minimum in Sulin was +9.7 and in Konstanz +9.3.
  • An extremely warm night at the end of the year was December 28, 2000, when the minimum temperature in Konstanz was +11.8°C and in Oravitza +12.1°C.
  • New Year’s Eve in 2022 was unusually warm. At midnight it was +12 degrees in Calafat, +11 in Sibiu, 10 degrees in Cotnar, 6 degrees in Brasov and +4 in Predial. On January 1, 2022, the maximums reached +17.4 in Stolnić (Arješ), +17.3 in Dragesan, +16.3 C in Ploiesti and +16.2 in Slatin and Pitesti.

When was the warmest at the end of the year in a mild climate

Trade

+21 C on December 27, 2015

+19.4 C on December 28, 2015

Kalarash

+20.1 C on December 28, 2000

+18.8 C on December 30, 2020

Constant

+19 C December 29, 2000

+18.4 C on December 27, 2000

Ploiesti

+20.6 C on December 27, 2015

George

+ 21 C December 27, 2000

+17.8 C on 12/31/2020

Campina

+19.7 C on December 27, 2015

  • The history of extreme December weather from 1902 to the present

When was the warmest time in the biggest cities at the end of the year

Bucharest

+17.4 C on December 28, 2000

+16.3 C on December 29, 2000

+14.4 C on December 31, 1987

Brasov

+13.5 C on 12/31/2020

+13.4 C on December 27, 1995

IASI

+17.6 C on December 27, 2015

+15.8 C on December 29, 2020

Timisoara

+16.4 C on December 29, 2014

+16.3 C on December 30, 2014

Cluj

+14.5 C on December 30, 2020

+13.5 C on December 29, 1985

Sibiu

+16.1 C on December 28, 2013

+15.1 C on 12/29/2005

+15.1 C on December 27, 2004

Buzeu

+19.9 C on December 27, 2015

+17 C December 28, 2000

Galatians

+17.4 C on December 28, 2000

+15.6 C on December 29, 2000

Drobeta Turnu-Severin

+17.2 C on December 28, 2015

+16.9 C on December 30, 1987

Examples of very high temperatures in the coldest parts of the country

Mierkurya Chuk

+10.9 C on December 31, 2009

+10.9 C on December 27, 2015

Shugatag windows

+12.5 C on December 28, 2013

+11.8 C on December 29, 2013

Vf Omu

+7 Since December 29, 2004

+2.6 C on December 27

Chehlau – Toaka

+7 Since December 29, 2013

+5.9 C on December 28, 1998