Climate averages 1991–2020
Richardson weather
in February.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Richardson: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Plano (8 km away). In February its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Richardson, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richardson ranks joint 203rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 241st of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Richardson is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 100 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
Richardson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 70 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 15.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 73 | 7.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 100 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 110 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 138 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 86 | 8.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 46 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 53 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 71 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 99 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 93 | 7.0 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 91 | 7.1 | 10.010 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
- Plano in FebruaryUnited States · 8 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Garland in FebruaryUnited States · 9 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Carrollton in FebruaryUnited States · 15 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Allen in FebruaryUnited States · 18 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Dallas in FebruaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Mesquite in FebruaryUnited States · 24 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Frisco in FebruaryUnited States · 24 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Irving in FebruaryUnited States · 25 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 70 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 Richardson) is explained once on the Richardson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Plano, Garland and Allen lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.