Climate averages 1991–2020

Meads weather
in February.

A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 8.0°C Daytime mean, February

Average low -1.3°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 91 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a cool month in Meads: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lexington (162 km away). In February its highs average 7.7°C, about as warm as Meads, with 96 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Meads ranks 305th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 383rd of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Meads is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 110 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Meads climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Meads, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	5.8°C-2.5°C	-2.5°C	90	10.7	9.810 h
February, selected	8.0°C-1.3°C	-1.3°C	91	10.3	10.711 h
March	13.0°C2.7°C	2.7°C	110	12.3	11.912 h
April	19.1°C8.3°C	8.3°C	108	12.4	13.213 h
May	23.2°C13.5°C	13.5°C	119	12.8	14.214 h
June	27.7°C18.2°C	18.2°C	113	13.4	14.815 h
July	29.6°C20.4°C	20.4°C	109	13.2	14.615 h
August	29.2°C19.8°C	19.8°C	84	11.6	13.714 h
September	25.9°C16.3°C	16.3°C	91	8.5	12.512 h
October	19.8°C10.2°C	10.2°C	80	8.8	11.211 h
November	13.0°C4.2°C	4.2°C	85	9.0	10.110 h
December	7.7°C0.1°C	0.1°C	95	10.3	9.510 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

Distance from Meads

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 Meads) is explained once on the Meads year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.