Climate averages 1991–2020
St. John's weather
in February.
A freezing month with heavy precipitation: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in St. John's: daytime highs average -0.5°C and nights cool to about -6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 103 mm of precipitation on roughly 13 days, which makes February a month with heavy precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney, Canada (590 km away). In February its highs average -1.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than St. John's, with 111 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, St. John's ranks joint 30th of 86 for the warmest February highs and 73rd of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; St. John's is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 1.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 103 mm to 105 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
St. John's climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.1°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 124 | 14.4 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | -0.5°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 103 | 12.9 | 10.210 h |
| March | 1.1°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 105 | 12.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 4.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 87 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 9.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 72 | 11.1 | 15.115 h |
| June | 13.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 66 | 10.6 | 15.916 h |
| July | 18.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 78 | 10.5 | 15.616 h |
| August | 19.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 80 | 10.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 16.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 93 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 105 | 12.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 110 | 13.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 2.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 127 | 15.3 | 8.59 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
- Sydney, Canada in FebruaryCanada · 590 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -7.9°C · 111 mm precipitation
- Dartmouth in FebruaryCanada · 896 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -7.7°C · 101 mm precipitation
- Halifax in FebruaryCanada · 898 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -7.0°C · 101 mm precipitation
- Moncton in FebruaryCanada · 933 kmHigh -2.5°C · Low -11.8°C · 83 mm precipitation
- Saint John in FebruaryCanada · 1053 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -9.1°C · 96 mm precipitation
- Saguenay in FebruaryCanada · 1366 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -17.1°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Québec in FebruaryCanada · 1398 kmHigh -5.0°C · Low -14.0°C · 69 mm precipitation
- Sherbrooke in FebruaryCanada · 1485 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -13.2°C · 64 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 St. John's) is explained once on the St. John's year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.