Climate averages 1991–2020
Waukegan weather
in February.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Waukegan: daytime highs average -0.7°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kenosha (25 km away). In February its highs average -0.9°C, about as warm as Waukegan, with 57 mm of precipitation.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Waukegan ranks 483rd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 206th of 498 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Waukegan is 11.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 3.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 63 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Waukegan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 75 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February, selected | -0.7°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 63 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| March | 3.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 75 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 121 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 14.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 105 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 88 | 10.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 78 | 10.5 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 96 | 10.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 83 | 9.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 101 | 10.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.4°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 87 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 78 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kenosha in FebruaryUnited States · 25 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -6.5°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Arlington Heights in FebruaryUnited States · 33 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -7.1°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Evanston in FebruaryUnited States · 38 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -6.2°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Racine in FebruaryUnited States · 41 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -6.6°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Schaumburg in FebruaryUnited States · 42 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Elgin in FebruaryUnited States · 51 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -7.5°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Cicero in FebruaryUnited States · 58 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 54 mm precipitation
- Chicago in FebruaryUnited States · 59 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.5°C · 54 mm precipitation
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 Waukegan) is explained once on the Waukegan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.