Climate averages 1991–2020

Cedar Rapids weather
in February.

A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 0.3°C Daytime mean, February

Average low -9.0°C Night-time mean, February

Precipitation 42 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cold month in Cedar Rapids: daytime highs average 0.3°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Iowa City (40 km away). In February its highs average 1.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Cedar Rapids, with 46 mm of precipitation.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Cedar Rapids ranks joint 473rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 91st of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Cedar Rapids is 10.8°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 7.7°C to 8.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 42 mm to 66 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Cedar Rapids climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Cedar Rapids, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	-2.3°C-11.1°C	-11.1°C	38	7.0	9.59 h
February, selected	0.3°C-9.0°C	-9.0°C	42	6.4	10.611 h
March	8.0°C-2.4°C	-2.4°C	66	8.6	11.912 h
April	15.0°C4.3°C	4.3°C	112	11.8	13.313 h
May	20.9°C10.9°C	10.9°C	126	13.2	14.515 h
June	25.8°C16.5°C	16.5°C	130	11.9	15.215 h
July	27.7°C18.8°C	18.8°C	100	9.9	14.915 h
August	26.9°C17.8°C	17.8°C	94	9.3	13.914 h
September	23.2°C13.7°C	13.7°C	100	8.4	12.513 h
October	16.0°C7.0°C	7.0°C	73	8.6	11.111 h
November	8.0°C-0.3°C	-0.3°C	59	7.4	9.910 h
December	0.7°C-7.1°C	-7.1°C	46	6.9	9.29 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.

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February in nearby cities

Distance from Cedar Rapids

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cedar Rapids) is explained once on the Cedar Rapids year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.