Average February Precipitation for Canadian Cities

The tables below list monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during February at major cities in Canada. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The numbers allow you to compare the typical precipitation for the 33 largest Canadian cities, ranging from St John's, Newfoundland in the east to Victoria, British Columbia in the west.

These are all the metropolitan areas that, according to Statistics Canada, had at least 100,000 people in 2011.

The month's precipitation totals are averages of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010. The calculation of days includes those when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches).

Average monthly precipitation in February
Days City Inches Milli­metres
16 Abbotsford, British Columbia 5.2 132
12 Barrie, Ontario 2.4 62
10 Brantford, Ontario 2.0 51
7 Calgary, Alberta 0.4 9
8 Edmonton, Alberta 0.5 12
13 Guelph, Ontario 2.3 58
12 Halifax, Nova Scotia 4.3 110
12 Hamilton, Ontario 2.3 57
9 Kelowna, British Columbia 0.8 20
14 Kingston, Ontario 2.6 65
14 Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario 2.2 55
Days City Inches Milli­metres
15 London, Ontario 2.6 65
12 Moncton, New Brunswick 3.3 84
14 Montréal, Quebec 2.5 63
10 Oshawa, Ontario 2.2 57
12 Ottawa, Ontario 2.0 50
10 Peterborough, Ontario 2.4 61
14 Québec City, Quebec 2.9 75
8 Regina, Saskatchewan 0.4 9
16 Saguenay, Quebec 2.0 51
4 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 0.4 10
15 Sherbrooke, Quebec 2.4 62
Days City Inches Milli­metres
13 St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 2.2 55
13 Saint John, New Brunswick 3.6 91
19 St. John's, Newfoundland 5.1 130
14 Sudbury, Ontario 2.0 51
10 Thunder Bay, Ontario 0.8 20
12 Toronto, Ontario 2.2 55
12 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 2.7 69
15 Vancouver, British Columbia 4.4 111
15 Victoria, British Columbia 2.9 74
12 Windsor, Ontario 2.4 62
8 Winnipeg, Manitoba 0.5 14
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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