Climate averages 1991–2020
Sandy Springs weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Sandy Springs: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 57 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roswell (11 km away). In February its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Sandy Springs, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Sandy Springs ranks joint 239th of 498 for the warmest February highs and 458th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Sandy Springs is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 120 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
Sandy Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 114 | 10.4 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 12.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 114 | 10.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 120 | 10.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 21.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 102 | 9.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 86 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 29.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 102 | 13.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 30.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 108 | 14.5 | 14.214 h |
| August | 30.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 99 | 12.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 27.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 92 | 8.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 83 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 16.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 99 | 8.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 116 | 10.2 | 9.910 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
- Roswell in FebruaryUnited States · 11 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.9°C · 117 mm rain
- Atlanta in FebruaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Johns Creek in FebruaryUnited States · 20 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 117 mm rain
- South Fulton in FebruaryUnited States · 46 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Athens, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 92 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Macon in FebruaryUnited States · 139 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 105 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in FebruaryUnited States · 150 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 1.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Chattanooga in FebruaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 113 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 Sandy Springs) is explained once on the Sandy Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.