Climate averages 1991–2020
Novopolotsk weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Novopolotsk: daytime highs average -2.1°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polotsk (13 km away). In February its highs average -2.0°C, about as warm as Novopolotsk, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Novopolotsk ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest February highs and joint 13th of 18 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 18 cities is -1.3°C; Novopolotsk is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 38 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Novopolotsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 42 | 10.9 | 7.88 h |
| February, selected | -2.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 3.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 38 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 47 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 64 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 76 | 12.7 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 89 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 73 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 61 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.8 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 48 | 10.3 | 8.48 h |
| December | -1.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 42 | 10.2 | 7.27 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Polotsk in FebruaryBelarus · 13 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -7.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Vitebsk in FebruaryBelarus · 109 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in FebruaryLatvia · 135 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -6.5°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in FebruaryBelarus · 144 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in FebruaryRussia · 152 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -7.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Orsha in FebruaryBelarus · 161 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in FebruaryBelarus · 174 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -6.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Minsk in FebruaryBelarus · 192 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 34 mm precipitation
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 Novopolotsk) is explained once on the Novopolotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.