Climate averages 1991–2020
Greater Sudbury weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Greater Sudbury: daytime highs average -5.7°C and nights cool to about -15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Barrie (254 km away). In February its highs average -2.5°C, 3.2°C warmer than Greater Sudbury, with 48 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Greater Sudbury ranks 80th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 15th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Greater Sudbury is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.2°C to 0.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 41 mm to 50 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
Greater Sudbury climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.4°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 53 | 10.1 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | -5.7°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 41 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 0.4°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 50 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 8.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 70 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 72 | 10.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 81 | 10.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 87 | 10.7 | 15.415 h |
| August | 23.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 90 | 11.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 92 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 10.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 94 | 12.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 3.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 73 | 11.0 | 9.59 h |
| December | -3.4°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 59 | 11.1 | 8.79 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
- Barrie in FebruaryCanada · 254 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -11.5°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Sault Ste. Marie in FebruaryCanada · 256 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -12.6°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Newmarket in FebruaryCanada · 296 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -11.3°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Caledon in FebruaryCanada · 302 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Richmond Hill in FebruaryCanada · 316 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.3°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Vaughan in FebruaryCanada · 317 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.9°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Peterborough, Canada in FebruaryCanada · 321 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -11.5°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Markham in FebruaryCanada · 321 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.7°C · 59 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 Greater Sudbury) is explained once on the Greater Sudbury year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.