Potomac Park Weather in February
Average highs run from 40°F on February 1 to 47°F on February 28, and lows from 22°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.38 in over about 11 wet days.
February day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
February at a glance
- Average high
- 43°F
- Average low
- 24°F
- Precipitation
- 2.38 in
- Snowfall
- 7.7 in
- Record high
- 83°FFeb 21, 2018
- Record low
- -5°FFeb 1, 2026
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 10 h 12 min to 11 h 16 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 84%
- Dew point
- 25°F
- Wind
- 6.7 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 40°F | 22°F | 73°F 1988 | -5°F 2026 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 2 | 40°F | 22°F | 66°F 1988 | 4°F 1976 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 3 | 41°F | 22°F | 65°F 1991 | -1°F 1985 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 4 | 41°F | 22°F | 70°F 1991 | -1°F 1985 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 5 | 41°F | 22°F | 68°F 1991 | 1°F 1995 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 6 | 41°F | 22°F | 65°F 2008 | 3°F 2007 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 7 | 41°F | 22°F | 63°F 2017 | 5°F 1977 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 8 | 42°F | 23°F | 67°F 2017 | 5°F 1977 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 9 | 42°F | 23°F | 63°F 2001 | 1°F 2026 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 10 | 42°F | 23°F | 68°F 2024 | -1°F 1979 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 11 | 42°F | 23°F | 69°F 2024 | -3°F 1979 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 12 | 43°F | 23°F | 72°F 2009 | -1°F 1979 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 13 | 43°F | 23°F | 66°F 1976 | -1°F 1979 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 14 | 43°F | 24°F | 64°F 1990 | 4°F 1979 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 15 | 43°F | 24°F | 67°F 1976 | 3°F 2015 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 16 | 44°F | 24°F | 76°F 2023 | -1°F 2015 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 17 | 44°F | 24°F | 71°F 1976 | -3°F 1979 | 39% | 12% |
| Feb 18 | 44°F | 24°F | 75°F 1981 | 0°F 1979 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 19 | 45°F | 25°F | 72°F 2017 | 2°F 1979 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 20 | 45°F | 25°F | 70°F 1994 | -2°F 2015 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 21 | 45°F | 25°F | 83°F 2018 | 0°F 2015 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 22 | 45°F | 25°F | 82°F 2018 | 9°F 2021 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 23 | 46°F | 26°F | 75°F 1977 | 15°F 1989 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 24 | 46°F | 26°F | 78°F 2017 | -1°F 2015 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 25 | 46°F | 26°F | 82°F 2017 | 1°F 2015 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 26 | 47°F | 26°F | 73°F 1977 | 6°F 1990 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 27 | 47°F | 27°F | 78°F 1997 | 9°F 1994 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 28 | 47°F | 27°F | 70°F 1976 | 5°F 2014 | 39% | 11% |
| Feb 29 | 47°F | 27°F | 79°F 1976 | 8°F 1980 | 39% | 10% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- February 1
- sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 5:35 PM
- February 28
- sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 6:06 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00182282 (Cumberland 2), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00182282, 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.