Christchurch climate

Christchurch Weather in February

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Christchurch, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 8°C on February 1 to 8°C on February 28, and lows from 6°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 68 mm over about 11 wet days.

February day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Christchurch, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-10010201510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

February at a glance

Average high
8°C
Average low
6°C
Precipitation
68 mm
Record high
16°CFeb 18, 2024
Record low
-11°CFeb 8, 1991
Daylight
9 h 16 min to 10 h 53 min
Cloud cover
72%
Humidity
86%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
28.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Feb 18°C6°C13°C 2002-8°C 198743%
Feb 28°C6°C14°C 2020-6°C 199843%
Feb 38°C6°C14°C 2023-7°C 200944%
Feb 48°C6°C15°C 2004-7°C 199844%
Feb 58°C6°C13°C 1989-6°C 199646%
Feb 68°C6°C13°C 1981-4°C 201846%
Feb 78°C6°C14°C 1990-4°C 200946%
Feb 88°C6°C14°C 1973-11°C 199145%
Feb 98°C6°C13°C 2008-8°C 198644%
Feb 108°C6°C13°C 2008-9°C 199144%
Feb 118°C6°C13°C 1980-8°C 201245%
Feb 128°C6°C14°C 2002-9°C 197845%
Feb 138°C6°C14°C 1998-5°C 198744%
Feb 148°C6°C14°C 1998-6°C 197844%
Feb 158°C6°C15°C 2024-8°C 198145%
Feb 168°C6°C14°C 2022-7°C 198144%
Feb 178°C6°C13°C 1975-6°C 200845%
Feb 188°C6°C16°C 2024-5°C 197343%
Feb 198°C6°C14°C 1999-9°C 198542%
Feb 208°C6°C13°C 2014-6°C 199242%
Feb 218°C6°C14°C 1997-7°C 199442%
Feb 228°C6°C14°C 2002-10°C 198642%
Feb 238°C6°C16°C 2012-5°C 198243%
Feb 248°C6°C14°C 1998-7°C 198245%
Feb 258°C6°C14°C 2015-6°C 197947%
Feb 268°C6°C13°C 1997-6°C 197947%
Feb 278°C6°C13°C 2009-4°C 199647%
Feb 288°C6°C14°C 1994-5°C 200446%
Feb 298°C6°C13°C 2012-4°C 201646%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Christchurch, in percent.0102030405011020
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).

February 1
sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 4:59 PM
February 28
sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 5:47 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003862, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.