Climate averages 1991–2020
Gastonia weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th 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 Gastonia: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 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 53 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charlotte (31 km away). In February its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Gastonia, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gastonia ranks joint 250th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 376th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Gastonia is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 114 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
Gastonia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 98 | 9.7 | 10.110 h |
| February, selected | 11.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 88 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 114 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 97 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 79 | 10.8 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 101 | 12.9 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 105 | 15.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 26.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 97 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 86 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 89 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 101 | 9.1 | 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
- Charlotte in FebruaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Rock Hill in FebruaryUnited States · 40 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 57 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in FebruaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Asheville in FebruaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 84 mm rain
- High Point in FebruaryUnited States · 132 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 141 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Greensboro in FebruaryUnited States · 155 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 81 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 Gastonia) is explained once on the Gastonia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.