ANM, National Meteorological Administration, communicated the latest official meteorological assessment for Romania on October 19, 2025 of the moisture reservoirs in the superficial soil layer, at the standard agricultural depth of 0–20 cm, for October 17, 2025. According to the institution, the values remain at satisfactory levels, close to optimal and even optimal over extensive areas.
ANM specifies that this situation is found in Moldova and Dobrogea, in most of Transylvania, Oltenia and Muntenia, as well as isolated in northeastern Banat and southeastern Crisania. The same official assessment also mentions that "the water content in the soil is within low limits", a formulation that accompanies the agrometeorological picture of the analyzed period.
The ANM's reporting refers exclusively to the reference arable layer, commonly used for agrometeorological diagnoses. In this context, the institution's main message emphasizes the predominance of areas with satisfactory to optimal reserves, especially in large areas in the east, south and center, with local extensions to the west.
In the published analysis, the ANM explicitly indicates the territorial distribution: Moldova and Dobrogea are among the regions with favorable humidity, as is most of Transylvania, Oltenia and Wallachia, and in some places the northeast of Banat, respectively the southeast of Crisania, align with the same picture of adequate reserves.
The ANM also explains the methodology by which it reaches these conclusions. The moisture reserve is determined by the soil water balance method, which uses meteorological data recorded at stations with agro-meteorological programs in the national network of the National Meteorological Administration.
Basically, the institution integrates operational observations of precipitation and other meteorological parameters to evaluate water intake and loss from the analyzed soil layer.
To strengthen the accuracy of the product, the resulting values are validated by direct measurements made with humidity sensors, installed in agrometeorological platforms. ANM shows that this double control – balance calculation and instrumental verification – ensures the geographical and temporal consistency of the estimates.
In practical terms, the ANM communication provides a snapshot of the water resources in the field layer, useful information in planning seasonal agricultural works. However, the bulletin remains strictly descriptive, the ANM does not accompany the diagnosis with operational recommendations and does not additionally disaggregate areas with "low limits" of soil water content, keeping the reporting at the level of regions and the mentioned isolated exceptions.
Thus, the official message focuses on delimiting the areas where reserves are assessed as satisfactory, close to optimal or optimal, and on specifying the scientific procedures by which these assessments are substantiated.
In conclusion, according to the ANM, the date of October 17, 2025 captures an agro-meteorological profile in which many of the country's regions benefit from adequate moisture reserves in the 0–20 cm layer, confirmed both by water balance calculations and by field measurements with dedicated sensors. At the same time, the official communication notes that the soil water content is within "low limits", an aspect mentioned in the synthetic assessments of the period.
