Climate averages 1991–2020
Fredrikstad weather
in February.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Fredrikstad: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 11 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drammen (71 km away). In February its highs average 0.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Fredrikstad, with 53 mm of precipitation.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Fredrikstad ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 8 cities is 1.1°C; Fredrikstad is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 4.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 51 mm to 45 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
Fredrikstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 7.07 h |
| February, selected | 1.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 45 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 14.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 61 | 10.3 | 16.917 h |
| June | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 78 | 11.2 | 18.418 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 11.5 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 81 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 87 | 11.6 | 10.310 h |
| November | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 81 | 11.9 | 7.88 h |
| December | 2.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 6.36 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
- Drammen in FebruaryNorway · 71 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -5.9°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Oslo in FebruaryNorway · 78 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Lillestrøm in FebruaryNorway · 82 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in FebruarySweden · 179 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Borås in FebruarySweden · 203 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 56 mm precipitation
- Kristiansand in FebruaryNorway · 207 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Örebro in FebruarySweden · 243 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -4.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Jönköping in FebruarySweden · 246 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -3.3°C · 39 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 Fredrikstad) is explained once on the Fredrikstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.