Climate averages 1991–2020

Lowestoft weather
in February.

A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 6.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 3.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 53 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Lowestoft: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwich (35 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lowestoft, with 42 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lowestoft ranks joint 123rd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 87th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Lowestoft is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 48 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

Lowestoft climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lowestoft, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.0°C3.8°C	3.8°C	64	13.1	8.38 h
February, selected	6.8°C3.5°C	3.5°C	53	10.8	9.910 h
March	8.2°C4.5°C	4.5°C	48	10.7	11.812 h
April	10.3°C6.4°C	6.4°C	37	8.8	13.914 h
May	13.2°C9.3°C	9.3°C	48	8.7	15.716 h
June	16.2°C12.2°C	12.2°C	54	10.1	16.717 h
July	18.7°C14.6°C	14.6°C	59	11.2	16.316 h
August	19.2°C15.1°C	15.1°C	64	10.2	14.715 h
September	17.2°C13.4°C	13.4°C	66	11.0	12.713 h
October	14.0°C10.7°C	10.7°C	81	12.9	10.711 h
November	10.3°C7.2°C	7.2°C	79	14.5	8.89 h
December	7.7°C4.7°C	4.7°C	72	13.6	7.88 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 Lowestoft

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 Lowestoft) is explained once on the Lowestoft year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.