Climate averages 1991–2020
Watford 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 Watford: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harrow (10 km away). In February its highs average 7.6°C, about as warm as Watford, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Watford ranks joint 45th of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 35th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; Watford is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 44 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
Watford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 54 | 11.2 | 8.48 h |
| February, selected | 7.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 45 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 44 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 50 | 11.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.0°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 56 | 10.5 | 15.616 h |
| June | 18.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 10.5 | 16.617 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 58 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 62 | 10.7 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 51 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 60 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 62 | 11.2 | 8.99 h |
| December | 7.4°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 11.2 | 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
- Harrow in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 10 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- St Albans in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 11 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Hemel Hempstead in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 12 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Uxbridge in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 13 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Hayes in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 16 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Archway in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Slough in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Enfield Town in FebruaryUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 43 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 Watford) is explained once on the Watford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Hemel Hempstead lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.