Climate averages 1991–2020
Nashua 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.
February is a cold month in Nashua: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lowell (19 km away). In February its highs average 2.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Nashua, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Nashua ranks 431st of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 265th of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Nashua is 9.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 6.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 76 mm to 103 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
Nashua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 80 | 9.6 | 9.49 h |
| February, selected | 2.0°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 76 | 8.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 6.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 103 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 94 | 10.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 81 | 10.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 90 | 10.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 86 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 85 | 9.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 86 | 8.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 97 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 86 | 9.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 3.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 9.19 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
- Lowell in FebruaryUnited States · 19 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -6.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Manchester, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 26 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -8.2°C · 76 mm precipitation
- Lawrence (Massachusetts), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 26 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -6.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Newton in FebruaryUnited States · 52 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Lynn in FebruaryUnited States · 54 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -4.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Boston in FebruaryUnited States · 56 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -6.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Dorchester in FebruaryUnited States · 61 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Worcester, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 62 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -6.8°C · 78 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 Nashua) is explained once on the Nashua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.