Climate averages 1991–2020
Sheffield 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 Sheffield: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rotherham (9 km away). In February its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Sheffield, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Sheffield ranks joint 83rd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 98th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Sheffield is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 57 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
Sheffield climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 62 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February, selected | 7.3°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 56 | 11.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 57 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 63 | 12.4 | 14.014 h |
| May | 15.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.2 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 78 | 12.8 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 75 | 13.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 19.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 13.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 63 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 68 | 12.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 70 | 13.1 | 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
- Rotherham in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 9 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Chesterfield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 15 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Barnsley in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 19 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.3°C · 56 mm rain
- High Peak in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Doncaster in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Mansfield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 33 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Wakefield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 33 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Huddersfield in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 36 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 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 Sheffield) is explained once on the Sheffield year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Barnsley lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.