Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacoma weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Tacoma: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Federal Way (13 km away). In February its highs average 8.1°C, about as warm as Tacoma, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tacoma ranks joint 301st of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 459th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Tacoma is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 132 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
Tacoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 165 | 17.1 | 8.99 h |
| February, selected | 8.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 115 | 13.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 132 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 99 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 61 | 10.1 | 15.115 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 40 | 7.0 | 15.916 h |
| July | 24.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 16 | 2.9 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 112 | 12.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 184 | 17.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 174 | 16.7 | 8.69 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
- Federal Way in FebruaryUnited States · 13 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Auburn in FebruaryUnited States · 17 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.4°C · 135 mm rain
- Kent in FebruaryUnited States · 21 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Renton in FebruaryUnited States · 31 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Seattle in FebruaryUnited States · 40 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Bellevue in FebruaryUnited States · 44 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 121 mm rain
- Kirkland in FebruaryUnited States · 51 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Everett in FebruaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.8°C · 148 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 Tacoma) is explained once on the Tacoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.