Climate averages 1991–2020
Arlington (Virginia), United States weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Arlington (Virginia), United States: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about -2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Washington (6 km away). In February its highs average 7.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Arlington (Virginia), United States, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Arlington (Virginia), United States ranks joint 313th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 249th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Arlington (Virginia), United States is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 99 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
Arlington (Virginia), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 78 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 7.4°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 74 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 99 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 86 | 10.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 95 | 11.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 90 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 103 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 89 | 10.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 110 | 9.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 86 | 7.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 74 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 90 | 8.8 | 9.59 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
- Washington in FebruaryUnited States · 6 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 10 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Silver Spring in FebruaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Centreville in FebruaryUnited States · 28 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Germantown in FebruaryUnited States · 36 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Columbia (Maryland), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 46 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Baltimore in FebruaryUnited States · 62 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Richmond in FebruaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 75 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 Arlington) is explained once on the Arlington (Virginia), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Washington and Silver Spring lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.