Climate averages 1991–2020
Amarillo weather
in February.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Amarillo: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubbock (183 km away). In February its highs average 15.0°C, 2.3°C warmer than Amarillo, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Amarillo ranks 238th of 498 for the warmest February highs and 10th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Amarillo is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 38 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
Amarillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 53 | 8.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 48 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 9.810 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
- Lubbock in FebruaryUnited States · 183 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Lawton in FebruaryUnited States · 321 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in FebruaryUnited States · 338 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Midland in FebruaryUnited States · 359 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 4.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Abilene in FebruaryUnited States · 364 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 376 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Odessa in FebruaryUnited States · 379 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in FebruaryUnited States · 392 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 45 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 Amarillo) is explained once on the Amarillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.