Climate averages 1991–2020
McKinney weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in McKinney: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allen (12 km away). In February its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as McKinney, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, McKinney ranks joint 219th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 249th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; McKinney is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 105 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
McKinney climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 70 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 14.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 74 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 105 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 118 | 9.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 144 | 11.5 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 91 | 9.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 33.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| August | 33.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 50 | 5.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 78 | 6.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 104 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 94 | 7.2 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 94 | 7.2 | 10.010 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
- Allen in FebruaryUnited States · 12 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Frisco in FebruaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Plano in FebruaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Richardson in FebruaryUnited States · 30 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Garland in FebruaryUnited States · 32 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Carrollton in FebruaryUnited States · 37 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Lewisville in FebruaryUnited States · 39 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Mesquite in FebruaryUnited States · 48 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 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 McKinney) is explained once on the McKinney year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.