Climate averages 1991–2020
Portsmouth Heights weather
in February.
A cool, 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 cool month in Portsmouth Heights: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 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 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norfolk (8 km away). In February its highs average 10.8°C, about as warm as Portsmouth Heights, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Portsmouth Heights ranks joint 261st of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 277th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Portsmouth Heights is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 98 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
Portsmouth Heights climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 87 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 11.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 77 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 98 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 84 | 9.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 95 | 10.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 103 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 131 | 15.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 119 | 12.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 120 | 11.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 94 | 7.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 87 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.4°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 87 | 9.2 | 9.710 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
- Norfolk in FebruaryUnited States · 8 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Newport News in FebruaryUnited States · 19 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Suffolk in FebruaryUnited States · 22 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 78 mm rain
- East Hampton in FebruaryUnited States · 24 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in FebruaryUnited States · 35 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Richmond in FebruaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Greenville in FebruaryUnited States · 161 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 228 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 72 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 Portsmouth Heights) is explained once on the Portsmouth Heights year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Norfolk lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.