Climate averages 1991–2020
Redding weather
in February.
A cool, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Redding: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chico (106 km away). In February its highs average 15.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Redding, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Redding ranks joint 224th of 498 for the warmest February highs and 498th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Redding is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 218 mm to 189 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
Redding climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 236 | 12.5 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 218 | 11.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 189 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 94 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 24 | 2.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 36.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 35.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.9 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 32.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 70 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 142 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 253 | 12.9 | 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
- Chico in FebruaryUnited States · 106 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Medford in FebruaryUnited States · 198 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Roseville in FebruaryUnited States · 225 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in FebruaryUnited States · 230 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.0°C · 136 mm rain
- Sacramento in FebruaryUnited States · 236 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 111 mm rain
- Folsom in FebruaryUnited States · 236 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 136 mm rain
- Arden-Arcade in FebruaryUnited States · 237 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 240 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 149 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 Redding) is explained once on the Redding year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.