Climate averages 1991–2020
Hamm weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Hamm: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about 0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lünen (21 km away). In February its highs average 6.1°C, about as warm as Hamm, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Hamm ranks joint 47th of 120 for the warmest February highs and joint 64th of 120 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 120 cities is 5.5°C; Hamm is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Hamm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 70 | 13.6 | 8.48 h |
| February, selected | 5.9°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 57 | 11.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 60 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 48 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 57 | 11.4 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 63 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 72 | 12.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 75 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 63 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 65 | 11.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 66 | 12.8 | 8.99 h |
| December | 5.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 73 | 13.4 | 7.98 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Lünen in FebruaryGermany · 21 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Dortmund in FebruaryGermany · 31 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 0.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Münster in FebruaryGermany · 34 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Iserlohn in FebruaryGermany · 35 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Arnsberg in FebruaryGermany · 38 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -1.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Castrop-Rauxel in FebruaryGermany · 38 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Witten in FebruaryGermany · 42 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 0.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Hagen in FebruaryGermany · 43 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 89 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 Hamm) is explained once on the Hamm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.