Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulfport weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Gulfport: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is New Orleans (105 km away). In February its highs average 17.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Gulfport, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gulfport ranks joint 139th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 469th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Gulfport is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 135 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
Gulfport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 129 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 16.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 121 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 135 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 106 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 139 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 161 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 144 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 95 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 101 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 115 | 9.6 | 10.210 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
- New Orleans in FebruaryUnited States · 105 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 108 mm rain
- Mobile in FebruaryUnited States · 107 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Metairie in FebruaryUnited States · 110 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in FebruaryUnited States · 201 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Jackson in FebruaryUnited States · 238 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 281 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Montgomery in FebruaryUnited States · 346 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in FebruaryUnited States · 347 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.7°C · 129 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 Gulfport) is explained once on the Gulfport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.