Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Lauderdale weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Fort Lauderdale: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Davie (11 km away). In February its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Fort Lauderdale, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Lauderdale ranks joint 19th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 81st of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Fort Lauderdale is 12.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 53 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
Fort Lauderdale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 49 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| February, selected | 23.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 40 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 24.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 53 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 62 | 8.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 105 | 12.8 | 13.413 h |
| June | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 174 | 21.5 | 13.714 h |
| July | 30.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 133 | 21.9 | 13.614 h |
| August | 30.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 163 | 23.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 29.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 172 | 22.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 27.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 122 | 14.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 55 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 41 | 8.0 | 10.511 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
- Davie in FebruaryUnited States · 11 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Pompano Beach in FebruaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Pembroke Pines in FebruaryUnited States · 16 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Coral Springs in FebruaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Deerfield Beach in FebruaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Miami Gardens in FebruaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Boca Raton in FebruaryUnited States · 27 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Hialeah in FebruaryUnited States · 32 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 37 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 Fort Lauderdale) is explained once on the Fort Lauderdale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Pembroke Pines, Miami Gardens and Davie lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.