Climate averages 1991–2020
Bellingham weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bellingham: daytime highs average 7.8°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Abbotsford (37 km away). In February its highs average 6.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Bellingham, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bellingham ranks joint 308th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 491st of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Bellingham is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 171 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
Bellingham climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 213 | 18.6 | 8.89 h |
| February, selected | 7.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 139 | 15.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 9.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 171 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 122 | 15.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 15.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 86 | 11.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 17.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 64 | 9.4 | 16.116 h |
| July | 21.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 32 | 5.1 | 15.716 h |
| August | 21.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 46 | 5.3 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 81 | 9.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 162 | 14.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 240 | 18.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 5.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 206 | 18.3 | 8.48 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
- Abbotsford in FebruaryCanada · 37 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 167 mm rain
- Langley in FebruaryCanada · 40 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Surrey in FebruaryCanada · 46 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in FebruaryCanada · 52 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 246 mm rain
- Delta in FebruaryCanada · 55 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 125 mm rain
- New Westminster in FebruaryCanada · 59 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 191 mm rain
- Chilliwack in FebruaryCanada · 60 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Coquitlam in FebruaryCanada · 62 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 211 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 Bellingham) is explained once on the Bellingham year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.