Climate averages 1991–2020
Erie weather
in February.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: 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 Erie: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brantford (113 km away). In February its highs average -0.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Erie, with 53 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Erie ranks joint 468th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 288th of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Erie is 10.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 4.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 78 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Erie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 112 | 16.6 | 9.59 h |
| February, selected | 0.5°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 78 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 93 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 12.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 115 | 13.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 106 | 11.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 125 | 14.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 123 | 15.5 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 129 | 17.8 | 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.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Brantford in FebruaryCanada · 113 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -9.3°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Stoney Creek in FebruaryCanada · 124 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -8.3°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Hamilton in FebruaryCanada · 126 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -7.5°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Buffalo in FebruaryUnited States · 130 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -7.3°C · 60 mm precipitation
- London, Canada in FebruaryCanada · 134 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -9.6°C · 58 mm precipitation
- St. Catharines in FebruaryCanada · 135 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -6.6°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Niagara Falls in FebruaryCanada · 136 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -7.3°C · 60 mm precipitation
- Cambridge, Canada in FebruaryCanada · 138 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -10.4°C · 53 mm precipitation
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 Erie) is explained once on the Erie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.