Climate averages 1991–2020
Sherwood Park weather
in February.
A freezing month with very little 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 Sherwood Park: daytime highs average -5.4°C and nights cool to about -14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes February a month with very little precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Edmonton (11 km away). In February its highs average -4.9°C, about as warm as Sherwood Park, with 11 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sherwood Park ranks 79th of 86 for the warmest February highs and joint 1st of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Sherwood Park is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to -0.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 11 mm to 16 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
Sherwood Park climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.2°C-16.6°C | -16.6°C | 17 | 5.4 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | -5.4°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | -0.1°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 16 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 34 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 15.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 88 | 13.4 | 16.917 h |
| July | 21.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 88 | 13.5 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 59 | 9.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 38 | 7.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 23 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | -1.3°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 21 | 5.5 | 8.79 h |
| December | -7.1°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 14 | 4.5 | 7.68 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
- Edmonton in FebruaryCanada · 11 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -14.4°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in FebruaryCanada · 143 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -13.5°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Airdrie in FebruaryCanada · 251 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -11.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Calgary in FebruaryCanada · 279 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -11.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Grande Prairie in FebruaryCanada · 400 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -13.7°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in FebruaryCanada · 426 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -8.2°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Saskatoon in FebruaryCanada · 472 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -16.8°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in FebruaryCanada · 573 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 25 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 Sherwood Park) is explained once on the Sherwood Park year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.