Climate averages 1991–2020
Grande Prairie weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Grande Prairie: daytime highs average -4.7°C and nights cool to about -13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prince George (290 km away). In February its highs average -0.4°C, 4.3°C warmer than Grande Prairie, with 31 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Grande Prairie ranks joint 75th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Grande Prairie is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 0.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 16 mm to 21 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
Grande Prairie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.1°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 28 | 7.7 | 7.88 h |
| February, selected | -4.7°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 16 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| March | 0.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 25 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 40 | 7.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 19.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 73 | 11.3 | 17.317 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 40 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.48 h |
| December | -6.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 22 | 6.2 | 7.37 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
- Prince George in FebruaryCanada · 290 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -9.0°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in FebruaryCanada · 389 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -14.4°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Sherwood Park in FebruaryCanada · 400 kmHigh -5.4°C · Low -14.5°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in FebruaryCanada · 460 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -13.5°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in FebruaryCanada · 511 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Airdrie in FebruaryCanada · 534 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -11.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Calgary in FebruaryCanada · 555 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -11.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in FebruaryCanada · 589 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 42 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 Grande Prairie) is explained once on the Grande Prairie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.