Climate averages 1991–2020
Cincinnati weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Cincinnati: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dayton (76 km away). In February its highs average 4.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Cincinnati, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Cincinnati ranks joint 343rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 259th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Cincinnati is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 105 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
Cincinnati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 83 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 5.9°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 75 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 105 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 118 | 12.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 117 | 13.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 75 | 9.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 68 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 84 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 92 | 10.2 | 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
- Dayton in FebruaryUnited States · 76 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Lexington in FebruaryUnited States · 127 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Muncie in FebruaryUnited States · 140 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Louisville in FebruaryUnited States · 145 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Indianapolis in FebruaryUnited States · 158 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Fishers in FebruaryUnited States · 158 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -5.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Columbus in FebruaryUnited States · 160 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Carmel in FebruaryUnited States · 167 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.9°C · 65 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 Cincinnati) is explained once on the Cincinnati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.