Climate averages 1991–2020
Evanston 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 Evanston: daytime highs average 0.3°C and nights cool to about -6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 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 Chicago (22 km away). In February its highs average 0.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Evanston, with 54 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Evanston ranks joint 473rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 150th of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Evanston is 10.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 4.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 52 mm to 66 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
Evanston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 58 | 9.1 | 9.59 h |
| February, selected | 0.3°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 52 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 4.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 66 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 108 | 11.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 104 | 12.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 92 | 11.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 86 | 11.3 | 14.915 h |
| August | 25.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 92 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 74 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 83 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.0°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 59 | 8.8 | 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
- Chicago in FebruaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.5°C · 54 mm precipitation
- Cicero in FebruaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 54 mm precipitation
- Arlington Heights in FebruaryUnited States · 25 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Schaumburg in FebruaryUnited States · 32 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Waukegan in FebruaryUnited States · 38 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -6.3°C · 63 mm precipitation
- Naperville in FebruaryUnited States · 47 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -7.1°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Elgin in FebruaryUnited States · 49 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Bolingbrook in FebruaryUnited States · 49 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.9°C · 50 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 Evanston) is explained once on the Evanston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.