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Weather extremes

How extreme does Ploieşti's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Ploieşti has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Targoviste station 46 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Ploieşti has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
102°F Jul 5, 1997

That is about 19°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Ploieşti (typical high near 83°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Jul 5, 1997
2 102°F Jul 17, 2024
3 101°F Jul 16, 2024
❄️ Coldest night
-11°F Jan 10, 2017

About 33°F colder than a normal January night in Ploieşti (typical low near 22°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -11°F Jan 10, 2017
2 -9°F Jan 9, 2017
3 -4°F Feb 2, 1991
🌧️ Most rain in one day
12.20 in Jul 29, 1991

More rain in a single day than Ploieşti usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.1 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 12.20 in Jul 29, 1991
2 9.37 in May 30, 1996
3 4.69 in Jul 19, 2002

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

-30°-10°10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 102°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Ploieşti's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 102°F is about 19°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Ploieşti's warmest days reach the low 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 20s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 102°F and as low as −11°F. A single day has delivered over 12 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Bucuresti-baneasa, a weather station, about 48 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →