Climate averages 1991–2020
East Hampton weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in East Hampton: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (11 km away). In February its highs average 10.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than East Hampton, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, East Hampton ranks 279th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 337th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; East Hampton is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 101 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
East Hampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 91 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 10.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 83 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.5°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 101 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 82 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 90 | 10.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 82 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 106 | 13.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 100 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 110 | 10.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 98 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 89 | 8.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 94 | 9.4 | 9.710 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
- Newport News in FebruaryUnited States · 11 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Norfolk in FebruaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in FebruaryUnited States · 24 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in FebruaryUnited States · 38 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Suffolk in FebruaryUnited States · 41 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Richmond in FebruaryUnited States · 115 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Greenville in FebruaryUnited States · 184 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 206 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 72 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 East Hampton) is explained once on the East Hampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.