Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George 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 Prince George: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In February its highs average -4.7°C, 4.3°C cooler than Prince George, with 16 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks joint 28th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 13th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Prince George is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 4.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 31 mm to 35 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
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February, selected | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 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
- Grande Prairie in FebruaryCanada · 290 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -13.7°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in FebruaryCanada · 397 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Kelowna in FebruaryCanada · 501 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 42 mm rain
- North Vancouver in FebruaryCanada · 512 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Coquitlam in FebruaryCanada · 515 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Burnaby in FebruaryCanada · 517 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 191 mm rain
- Vancouver in FebruaryCanada · 520 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 191 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in FebruaryCanada · 522 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 246 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 Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.