Climate averages 1991–2020
Stevenage 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 Stevenage: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 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 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luton (15 km away). In February its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Stevenage, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Stevenage ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 9th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Stevenage is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 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
Stevenage climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 8.38 h |
| February, selected | 7.5°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 42 | 9.8 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 43 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 50 | 11.4 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 10.8 | 15.616 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 59 | 10.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 60 | 11.5 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 62 | 10.7 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 51 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 58 | 10.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 58 | 10.9 | 8.99 h |
| December | 7.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 54 | 11.0 | 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
- Luton in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 15 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 42 mm rain
- St Albans in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 19 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Hemel Hempstead in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 24 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Harlow in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Enfield Town in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 29 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Watford in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Bedford in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Walthamstow in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 37 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 44 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 Stevenage) is explained once on the Stevenage year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.