Climate averages 1991–2020
Orkney weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Orkney: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Klerksdorp (14 km away). In February its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Orkney, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Orkney ranks joint 22nd of 95 for the warmest February highs and 25th of 95 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 95 cities is 26.8°C; Orkney is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 68 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
Orkney climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 | 14.4 | 13.614 h |
| February, selected | 28.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 77 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 68 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 19 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 9.9 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 60 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 73 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 98 | 14.8 | 13.814 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
- Klerksdorp in FebruarySouth Africa · 14 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Stilfontein in FebruarySouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Bothaville in FebruarySouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in FebruarySouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Parys in FebruarySouth Africa · 78 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Kroonstad in FebruarySouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Kutloanong in FebruarySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in FebruarySouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 75 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 Orkney) is explained once on the Orkney year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.