Climate averages 1991–2020
Hillsboro weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Hillsboro: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaverton (15 km away). In February its highs average 9.6°C, about as warm as Hillsboro, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Hillsboro ranks 283rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and 483rd of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Hillsboro is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 151 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
Hillsboro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 172 | 17.1 | 9.19 h |
| February, selected | 9.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 133 | 14.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 151 | 17.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 115 | 15.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 69 | 10.6 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 13 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 107 | 11.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 179 | 17.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.4°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 204 | 17.5 | 8.89 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
- Beaverton in FebruaryUnited States · 15 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Portland in FebruaryUnited States · 24 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 130 mm rain
- Vancouver, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 29 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Gresham in FebruaryUnited States · 44 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Salem, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 65 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Eugene in FebruaryUnited States · 164 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Tacoma in FebruaryUnited States · 197 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Federal Way in FebruaryUnited States · 207 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 135 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 Hillsboro) is explained once on the Hillsboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.