Climate averages 1991–2020
Appleton weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Appleton: daytime highs average -2.6°C and nights cool to about -11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Green Bay (42 km away). In February its highs average -2.3°C, about as warm as Appleton, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Appleton ranks joint 493rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 63rd of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Appleton is 13.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 4.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Appleton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.5°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 37 | 7.8 | 9.39 h |
| February, selected | -2.6°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 34 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 4.2°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 59 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 81 | 11.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 85 | 10.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 89 | 10.4 | 15.515 h |
| July | 26.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 86 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| August | 25.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 85 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 72 | 9.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.7°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 72 | 9.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 9.710 h |
| December | -1.1°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 45 | 7.2 | 8.99 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Green Bay in FebruaryUnited States · 42 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -10.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Waukesha in FebruaryUnited States · 140 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -8.6°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Milwaukee in FebruaryUnited States · 142 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -7.3°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Madison in FebruaryUnited States · 154 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -9.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Racine in FebruaryUnited States · 178 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -6.6°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Kenosha in FebruaryUnited States · 193 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -6.5°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Waukegan in FebruaryUnited States · 216 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Rockford in FebruaryUnited States · 228 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -8.1°C · 45 mm precipitation
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 Appleton) is explained once on the Appleton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.