Climate averages 1991–2020
Whitby 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 Whitby: daytime highs average -1.0°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 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 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oshawa (7 km away). In February its highs average -1.2°C, about as warm as Whitby, with 52 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Whitby ranks joint 40th of 86 for the warmest February highs and joint 27th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Whitby is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 3.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 52 mm to 61 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
Whitby climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 64 | 10.6 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | -1.0°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 52 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 3.4°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 61 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 84 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 80 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 93 | 11.4 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 11.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 85 | 10.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 80 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 83 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 73 | 10.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 1.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 9.09 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
- Oshawa in FebruaryCanada · 7 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -8.5°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Ajax in FebruaryCanada · 9 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.1°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Pickering in FebruaryCanada · 16 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -9.8°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Markham in FebruaryCanada · 27 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -9.7°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Thornhill in FebruaryCanada · 40 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -9.2°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Richmond Hill in FebruaryCanada · 40 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -10.3°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Toronto in FebruaryCanada · 42 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -8.6°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Vaughan in FebruaryCanada · 46 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.9°C · 49 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 Whitby) is explained once on the Whitby year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.