Climate averages 1991–2020
Maitland weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Maitland: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle, Australia (30 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, 2.4°C cooler than Maitland, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Maitland ranks joint 11th of 32 for the warmest February highs and 14th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Maitland is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Maitland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 66 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| February, selected | 27.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 8.0 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.210 h |
| August | 18.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 7.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 72 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| December | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 71 | 10.0 | 14.314 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 30 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Central Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 79 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 130 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in FebruaryAustralia · 158 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Wollongong in FebruaryAustralia · 198 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in FebruaryAustralia · 309 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 361 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 376 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Maitland) is explained once on the Maitland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.