Climate averages 1991–2020
Douglas weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Douglas: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blackpool (101 km away). In February its highs average 7.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Douglas, with 88 mm of rain.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 70 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
Douglas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 97 | 16.5 | 8.08 h |
| February, selected | 7.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 76 | 14.3 | 9.710 h |
| March | 8.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 70 | 12.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 59 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 11.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 56 | 11.2 | 16.016 h |
| June | 13.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 64 | 10.7 | 17.117 h |
| July | 15.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 67 | 12.2 | 16.617 h |
| August | 16.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.9 | 14.915 h |
| September | 15.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 85 | 13.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 117 | 16.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 10.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 125 | 18.5 | 8.69 h |
| December | 8.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 114 | 18.2 | 7.57 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
- Blackpool in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 101 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Belfast in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 106 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Fylde in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 108 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Lisburn in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 109 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Southport in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 112 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Preston in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 124 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Liverpool in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 129 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 2.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Carlisle in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 130 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 1.3°C · 82 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 Douglas) is explained once on the Douglas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.