Average February Precipitation in the United Kingdom

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during February at cities and towns in the United Kingdom.

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 calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

In February, the entire UK averages 13 days of rain or snow, totalling 96 millimetres (3.8 inches).

Southern England

Average monthly precipitation in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Birmingham 2.2 55
11 Bristol 2.3 59
Dover 2.5 65
13 Isles of Scilly 3.0 76
9 London, Greenwich 1.6 40
10 London, Kew Gardens 1.8 45
11 Norwich 1.8 45
11 Nottingham 2.0 50
13 Plymouth 3.5 88
10 Southampton 2.5 64
11 Stoke-on-Trent 2.3 59
11 Weymouth 2.4 60
10 Worthing 2.2 57

Northern England

February averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
Ambleside, Windermere Lake 8.1 205
Berwick-upon-Tweed 1.5 39
13 Dumfries 3.9 98
10 Hull 1.9 48
12 Liverpool 2.2 57
12 Manchester 2.4 60
Middlesbrough 1.4 36
11 Newcastle upon Tyne 3.1 78
14 Prestwick 2.9 75
13 Rochester, Northumberland Park 3.3 84
11 Sheffield 2.6 67

Wales

Average amount of rain and snow in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Cardiff 3.7 93
14 Harlech 3.9 100
Llandrindod Wells 3.7 94
12 Rhyl 2.4 62
12 Swansea 2.9 74

Scotland

Precipitation totals for February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Aberdeen 2.3 59
10 Dundee 2.1 54
10 Edinburgh 2.1 53
15 Glasgow 4.5 115
12 Inverness 2.4 61
18 Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 3.8 96
19 Lerwick, Shetland Islands 4.8 123
18 Stornoway, Outer Hebrides 4.4 112
17 Tiree, Inner Hebrides 4.4 112

Northern Ireland

Total precipitation during February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Armagh 2.3 59
13 Belfast 2.8 70
17 Castlederg 4.0 101
15 Londonderry 2.8 70
13 Warrenpoint  3.0 76
Reference

Met Office. Research programmes. Climate science. UK Climate Averages.

United Kingdom Precipitation
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