Climate averages 1991–2020

Chelmsford weather
in February.

A cold, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 7.6°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 2.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 41 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Chelmsford: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 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 Basildon (19 km away). In February its highs average 7.6°C, about as warm as Chelmsford, with 42 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Chelmsford ranks joint 45th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 7th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Chelmsford is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 39 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chelmsford climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chelmsford, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.2°C2.7°C	2.7°C	50	10.7	8.48 h
February, selected	7.6°C2.5°C	2.5°C	41	9.1	9.910 h
March	9.9°C3.8°C	3.8°C	39	10.0	11.812 h
April	12.7°C5.6°C	5.6°C	46	10.8	13.814 h
May	15.8°C8.6°C	8.6°C	51	9.8	15.616 h
June	18.8°C11.6°C	11.6°C	53	9.9	16.617 h
July	21.2°C13.8°C	13.8°C	53	10.8	16.216 h
August	21.1°C13.9°C	13.9°C	59	9.9	14.615 h
September	18.3°C11.8°C	11.8°C	46	8.8	12.713 h
October	14.4°C9.0°C	9.0°C	55	10.5	10.711 h
November	10.2°C5.5°C	5.5°C	55	10.4	8.99 h
December	7.6°C3.3°C	3.3°C	54	10.5	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

Distance from Chelmsford

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chelmsford) is explained once on the Chelmsford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.