Climate averages 1991–2020
Fayetteville weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Fayetteville: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 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 54 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cary (83 km away). In February its highs average 11.6°C, 1.6°C cooler than Fayetteville, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fayetteville ranks 233rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 333rd of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Fayetteville is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 94 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
Fayetteville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 90 | 9.1 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 13.2°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 82 | 8.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 17.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 94 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 85 | 8.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 84 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 106 | 12.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 15.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 125 | 13.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 | 10.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 82 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 80 | 7.6 | 10.410 h |
| December | 12.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 93 | 8.7 | 9.810 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
- Cary in FebruaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Raleigh in FebruaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Durham in FebruaryUnited States · 105 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 125 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Greensboro in FebruaryUnited States · 140 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 81 mm rain
- High Point in FebruaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Greenville in FebruaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 160 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 84 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 Fayetteville) is explained once on the Fayetteville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.