Climate averages 1991–2020
Scunthorpe weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Scunthorpe: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kingston upon Hull (28 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Scunthorpe, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Scunthorpe ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 2nd of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Scunthorpe is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 43 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
Scunthorpe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 48 | 11.3 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 7.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.7°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 43 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 52 | 11.1 | 14.014 h |
| May | 15.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 10.9 | 15.916 h |
| June | 17.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 67 | 11.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 11.7 | 16.516 h |
| August | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 67 | 11.1 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 58 | 11.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 56 | 11.2 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 53 | 10.7 | 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
- Kingston upon Hull in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 28 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Doncaster in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Grimsby in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 38 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Lincoln, United Kingdom in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Rotherham in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 47 mm rain
- York in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Barnsley in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 55 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Wakefield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 57 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 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 Scunthorpe) is explained once on the Scunthorpe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.