Climate averages 1991–2020
High Peak weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in High Peak: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stockport (21 km away). In February its highs average 7.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than High Peak, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, High Peak ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 121st of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; High Peak is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 71 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
High Peak climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 80 | 14.2 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 72 | 12.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 71 | 13.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 73 | 13.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 74 | 13.4 | 15.816 h |
| June | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 18.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 89 | 15.1 | 16.516 h |
| August | 17.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 91 | 14.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 86 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.9°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 81 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 88 | 14.3 | 7.68 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
- Stockport in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Sheffield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Oldham in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Manchester in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Chesterfield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Barnsley in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Huddersfield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Salford in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 78 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 High Peak) is explained once on the High Peak year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.