Climate averages 1991–2020
Winston-Salem weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Winston-Salem: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 51 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is High Point (27 km away). In February its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Winston-Salem, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Winston-Salem ranks joint 267th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 337th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Winston-Salem is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 108 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
Winston-Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 10.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 91 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 14.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 11.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 101 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 9.810 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
- High Point in FebruaryUnited States · 27 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 84 mm rain
- Greensboro in FebruaryUnited States · 41 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Charlotte in FebruaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Durham in FebruaryUnited States · 122 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Gastonia in FebruaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Roanoke in FebruaryUnited States · 133 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Cary in FebruaryUnited States · 136 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 81 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 Winston-Salem) is explained once on the Winston-Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.