Climate averages 1991–2020
Asheville weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Asheville: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gastonia (129 km away). In February its highs average 11.8°C, 2.6°C warmer than Asheville, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Asheville ranks joint 288th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 342nd of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Asheville is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 106 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
Asheville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 96 | 10.1 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 9.3°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 84 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 106 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 93 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 90 | 11.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 95 | 14.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 99 | 15.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 105 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 95 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 85 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 89 | 8.9 | 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
- Gastonia in FebruaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Knoxville in FebruaryUnited States · 130 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Rock Hill in FebruaryUnited States · 158 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Charlotte in FebruaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 180 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Athens, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 197 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in FebruaryUnited States · 215 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 226 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.9°C · 87 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 Asheville) is explained once on the Asheville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.