Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about -8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pueblo (67 km away). In February its highs average 8.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 326th of 498 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Colorado Springs is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 42 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
Colorado Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 6.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 16 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 63 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 11.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 9.510 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
- Pueblo in FebruaryUnited States · 67 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in FebruaryUnited States · 81 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Centennial in FebruaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -9.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Lakewood in FebruaryUnited States · 99 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -8.5°C · 23 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 100 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -7.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Denver in FebruaryUnited States · 102 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -8.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Arvada in FebruaryUnited States · 110 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -8.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 113 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -8.8°C · 23 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 Colorado Springs) is explained once on the Colorado Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.