Climate averages 1991–2020
Minneapolis weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Minneapolis: daytime highs average -2.3°C and nights cool to about -11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Paul (14 km away). In February its highs average -2.1°C, about as warm as Minneapolis, with 27 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Minneapolis ranks joint 490th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 37th of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Minneapolis is 13.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 4.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 26 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Minneapolis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 24 | 5.8 | 9.29 h |
| February, selected | -2.3°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 26 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 4.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 51 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 81 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 110 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 110 | 12.1 | 15.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 90 | 10.6 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 98 | 10.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 84 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 49 | 6.9 | 9.610 h |
| December | -2.5°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 35 | 6.1 | 8.89 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
- Saint Paul in FebruaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.2°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Brooklyn Park in FebruaryUnited States · 15 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.5°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Plymouth, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 15 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -11.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 16 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -11.0°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 124 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -10.8°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Duluth in FebruaryUnited States · 220 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -12.0°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Sioux Falls in FebruaryUnited States · 319 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -10.4°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Fargo in FebruaryUnited States · 345 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -14.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
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 Minneapolis) is explained once on the Minneapolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Brooklyn Park lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.