Climate averages 1991–2020
Bethlehem, United States weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bethlehem, United States: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (10 km away). In February its highs average 4.4°C, about as warm as Bethlehem, United States, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bethlehem, United States ranks joint 373rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 304th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Bethlehem, United States is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 103 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
Bethlehem, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 90 | 9.6 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 4.4°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 103 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 99 | 10.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 93 | 11.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 103 | 11.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 91 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 93 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 109 | 8.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 105 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 84 | 8.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 104 | 9.9 | 9.39 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
- Allentown in FebruaryUnited States · 10 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Reading, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 57 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Trenton in FebruaryUnited States · 70 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Philadelphia in FebruaryUnited States · 77 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Camden in FebruaryUnited States · 81 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Edison in FebruaryUnited States · 82 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Cherry Hill in FebruaryUnited States · 82 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Scranton in FebruaryUnited States · 91 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -6.8°C · 64 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 Bethlehem) is explained once on the Bethlehem, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.