Climate averages 1991–2020

York weather
in February.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 7.3°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 1.3°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 46 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in York: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Harrogate (30 km away). In February its highs average 6.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than York, with 55 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, York ranks joint 83rd of 143 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 143 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 143 cities is 7.4°C; York is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 46 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

York climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for York, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.5°C1.5°C	1.5°C	54	11.8	8.08 h
February, selected	7.3°C1.3°C	1.3°C	46	10.1	9.710 h
March	9.4°C2.4°C	2.4°C	46	10.7	11.812 h
April	12.0°C4.0°C	4.0°C	58	11.5	14.014 h
May	14.8°C6.9°C	6.9°C	55	11.5	15.916 h
June	17.6°C9.8°C	9.8°C	71	12.2	17.017 h
July	19.9°C12.1°C	12.1°C	66	11.9	16.617 h
August	19.6°C12.0°C	12.0°C	72	11.5	14.915 h
September	17.0°C9.9°C	9.9°C	57	10.0	12.813 h
October	13.3°C7.2°C	7.2°C	61	11.5	10.611 h
November	9.3°C4.0°C	4.0°C	59	11.2	8.69 h
December	6.6°C1.7°C	1.7°C	58	11.1	7.57 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 York

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