Climate averages 1991–2020
Independence weather
in February.
A cold, 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 cold month in Independence: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kansas City (14 km away). In February its highs average 6.1°C, about as warm as Independence, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Independence ranks joint 350th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 135th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Independence is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 78 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
Independence climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 5.7°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 50 | 6.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 78 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 124 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 143 | 12.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 124 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 94 | 9.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 94 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 93 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 85 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 61 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 46 | 5.8 | 9.59 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
- Kansas City in FebruaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Lee's Summit in FebruaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -3.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Overland Park in FebruaryUnited States · 25 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Olathe in FebruaryUnited States · 42 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 72 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in FebruaryUnited States · 84 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Topeka in FebruaryUnited States · 109 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Columbia (Missouri), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 180 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 59 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 Independence) is explained once on the Independence year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kansas City and Lee's Summit lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.