Climate averages 1991–2020
Newark weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Newark: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Passaic (14 km away). In February its highs average 4.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Newark, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Newark ranks joint 363rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 288th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Newark is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 107 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
Newark climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 85 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 4.9°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 107 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 94 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 90 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 104 | 11.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 106 | 11.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 102 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 102 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 99 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 80 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 6.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 103 | 9.7 | 9.39 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
- Passaic in FebruaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.5°C · 78 mm rain
- New York City in FebruaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Manhattan in FebruaryUnited States · 18 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Staten Island in FebruaryUnited States · 19 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Paterson in FebruaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Brooklyn in FebruaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 77 mm rain
- The Bronx in FebruaryUnited States · 29 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Queens in FebruaryUnited States · 29 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.5°C · 80 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 Newark) is explained once on the Newark year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Passaic lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.