Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalamazoo weather
in February.

A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 0.8°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -7.5°C Night-time mean, February
Precipitation 56 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kalamazoo · average highYear overview

February is a cold month in Kalamazoo: daytime highs average 0.8°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 56 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Wyoming (70 km away). In February its highs average 0.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kalamazoo, with 50 mm of precipitation.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kalamazoo ranks joint 458th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 184th of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Kalamazoo is 10.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 6.8°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 56 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kalamazoo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kalamazoo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -0.8°C-7.7°C-7.7°C7011.39.59 h
February, selected 0.8°C-7.5°C-7.5°C568.310.511 h
March 6.8°C-2.7°C-2.7°C6810.211.912 h
April 13.7°C3.5°C3.5°C10012.713.313 h
May 20.0°C10.0°C10.0°C11113.014.615 h
June 25.1°C15.6°C15.6°C11011.715.215 h
July 27.1°C17.9°C17.9°C10111.314.915 h
August 26.1°C17.3°C17.3°C9711.013.914 h
September 22.4°C13.6°C13.6°C799.712.513 h
October 15.4°C7.5°C7.5°C8711.011.111 h
November 8.0°C1.4°C1.4°C7110.19.810 h
December 2.0°C-3.8°C-3.8°C6311.19.29 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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

Distance from Kalamazoo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kalamazoo) is explained once on the Kalamazoo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.