Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenville weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Greenville: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Raleigh (116 km away). In February its highs average 11.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Greenville, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenville ranks joint 235th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 304th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Greenville is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 93 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
Greenville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 94 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 12.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 80 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 94 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 113 | 13.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 136 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 132 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 90 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 90 | 9.2 | 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
- Raleigh in FebruaryUnited States · 116 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Cary in FebruaryUnited States · 129 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Suffolk in FebruaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Durham in FebruaryUnited States · 145 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Fayetteville in FebruaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in FebruaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 162 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 6.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Norfolk in FebruaryUnited States · 168 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 77 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 Greenville) is explained once on the Greenville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.