Ottawa climate

Ottawa Weather in February

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ottawa 5SW, 6 km from Ottawa

Average highs run from 31°F on February 1 to 40°F on February 28, and lows from 15°F to 24°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.54 in over about 8 wet days.

February day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ottawa, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-200204060801510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

February at a glance

Average high
35°F
Average low
19°F
Precipitation
1.54 in
Snowfall
5.2 in
Record high
76°FFeb 28, 2024
Record low
-22°FFeb 1, 2019
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
10 h 05 min to 11 h 14 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
22°F
Wind
11.9 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Feb 131°F15°F70°F 1989-22°F 201927%13%
Feb 232°F15°F53°F 2024-16°F 199627%13%
Feb 332°F16°F53°F 1987-20°F 199627%13%
Feb 432°F16°F58°F 2025-19°F 199626%13%
Feb 532°F16°F56°F 2005-21°F 197926%13%
Feb 632°F16°F56°F 2005-16°F 198226%13%
Feb 733°F16°F57°F 1990-14°F 202126%12%
Feb 833°F17°F60°F 2009-12°F 202126%12%
Feb 933°F17°F62°F 1990-18°F 197926%12%
Feb 1033°F17°F61°F 1976-13°F 201426%12%
Feb 1134°F18°F63°F 2009-19°F 201426%12%
Feb 1234°F18°F69°F 1999-17°F 201426%12%
Feb 1334°F18°F61°F 1990-9°F 198626%12%
Feb 1435°F19°F58°F 1976-10°F 202126%12%
Feb 1535°F19°F68°F 1976-9°F 200726%11%
Feb 1635°F19°F65°F 1976-8°F 200726%11%
Feb 1736°F20°F69°F 2026-13°F 202126%11%
Feb 1836°F20°F69°F 2017-9°F 202126%11%
Feb 1936°F20°F67°F 2017-13°F 197927%11%
Feb 2037°F21°F69°F 2017-8°F 201527%11%
Feb 2137°F21°F70°F 2017-4°F 196827%11%
Feb 2238°F21°F64°F 2017-5°F 197827%11%
Feb 2338°F22°F68°F 2017-9°F 201527%10%
Feb 2438°F22°F65°F 1976-8°F 198927%10%
Feb 2539°F23°F68°F 1976-6°F 196727%10%
Feb 2639°F23°F71°F 2000-5°F 200327%10%
Feb 2740°F23°F72°F 1976-12°F 201527%10%
Feb 2840°F24°F76°F 2024-15°F 201527%10%
Feb 2940°F24°F66°F 19728°F 196827%9%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Ottawa, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203011020
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

February 1
sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:12 PM
February 28
sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 5:45 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00116526 (Ottawa 5SW), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00116753, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.