Climate averages 1991–2020

Waco 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.

Average high 16.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 6.8°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 72 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a mild month in Waco: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 72 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 11 h 03 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Temple (54 km away). In February its highs average 16.9°C, about as warm as Waco, with 71 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Waco ranks joint 135th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 239th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Waco is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 88 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Waco climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Waco, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	14.7°C4.9°C	4.9°C	70	6.9	10.310 h
February, selected	16.8°C6.8°C	6.8°C	72	7.5	11.011 h
March	20.6°C10.3°C	10.3°C	88	9.0	12.012 h
April	24.8°C14.4°C	14.4°C	86	8.5	12.913 h
May	28.6°C19.0°C	19.0°C	119	10.5	13.714 h
June	32.3°C22.9°C	22.9°C	74	8.3	14.214 h
July	34.7°C24.8°C	24.8°C	37	5.7	14.014 h
August	35.0°C25.1°C	25.1°C	49	5.3	13.313 h
September	31.4°C21.7°C	21.7°C	60	6.0	12.412 h
October	26.1°C16.1°C	16.1°C	107	7.2	11.411 h
November	19.8°C10.2°C	10.2°C	74	7.2	10.611 h
December	15.5°C6.0°C	6.0°C	83	7.1	10.110 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

Distance from Waco

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Waco) is explained once on the Waco year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.