Climate averages 1991–2020
Roanoke weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Roanoke: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 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 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lynchburg (72 km away). In February its highs average 9.4°C, about as warm as Roanoke, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Roanoke ranks joint 292nd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 259th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Roanoke is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 102 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
Roanoke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 83 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 9.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 75 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 102 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 90 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 95 | 12.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 91 | 11.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 83 | 11.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 79 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 76 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 8.3 | 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
- Lynchburg in FebruaryUnited States · 72 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in FebruaryUnited States · 133 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.4°C · 83 mm rain
- Greensboro in FebruaryUnited States · 134 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 81 mm rain
- High Point in FebruaryUnited States · 146 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Durham in FebruaryUnited States · 170 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Cary in FebruaryUnited States · 194 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Raleigh in FebruaryUnited States · 203 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 215 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 84 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 Roanoke) is explained once on the Roanoke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.