Climate averages 1991–2020
Tempe weather
in February.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Tempe: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mesa (8 km away). In February its highs average 20.2°C, about as warm as Tempe, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tempe ranks joint 42nd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 74th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Tempe is 9.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 26 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
Tempe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 32 | 3.7 | 10.210 h |
| February, selected | 20.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 38 | 4.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 26 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 4.1 | 0.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 39.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 40.5°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 19 | 3.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 39.5°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 29 | 4.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 24 | 3.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 18 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 3.6 | 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
- Mesa in FebruaryUnited States · 8 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Scottsdale in FebruaryUnited States · 11 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Chandler in FebruaryUnited States · 14 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Phoenix in FebruaryUnited States · 16 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Glendale (Arizona), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 29 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Peoria (Arizona), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 36 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 6.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Avondale in FebruaryUnited States · 41 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Goodyear in FebruaryUnited States · 42 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 32 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 Tempe) is explained once on the Tempe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Phoenix and Scottsdale lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.