Columbus climate

Columbus Weather in February

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Columbus 3 Ne, 5 km from Columbus

Average highs run from 33°F on February 1 to 42°F on February 28, and lows from 15°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.73 in over about 5 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 Columbus, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-2502550751001510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

February at a glance

Average high
37°F
Average low
18°F
Precipitation
0.73 in
Snowfall
6.0 in
Record high
77°FFeb 25, 1896
Record low
-29°FFeb 11, 1899
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
10 h 05 min to 11 h 14 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
20°F
Wind
12.3 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 133°F15°F65°F 1906-22°F 191718%12%
Feb 233°F15°F70°F 1931-27°F 190518%12%
Feb 334°F15°F65°F 1928-26°F 190518%12%
Feb 434°F15°F69°F 1909-26°F 190518%12%
Feb 534°F15°F64°F 1904-25°F 190518%12%
Feb 634°F15°F61°F 1957-18°F 198218%12%
Feb 734°F16°F64°F 1987-21°F 189518%12%
Feb 835°F16°F70°F 1954-23°F 193318%12%
Feb 935°F16°F70°F 2026-25°F 189918%12%
Feb 1035°F16°F72°F 1951-23°F 190518%12%
Feb 1135°F17°F69°F 1951-29°F 189918%12%
Feb 1235°F17°F63°F 1928-27°F 189918%12%
Feb 1336°F17°F67°F 1967-29°F 190518%11%
Feb 1436°F17°F72°F 1967-27°F 190518%11%
Feb 1536°F18°F70°F 1921-19°F 202118%11%
Feb 1637°F18°F70°F 1913-24°F 202118%11%
Feb 1737°F18°F71°F 2026-16°F 197818%11%
Feb 1837°F19°F72°F 1930-15°F 193618%11%
Feb 1938°F19°F69°F 1943-21°F 193618%10%
Feb 2038°F19°F68°F 2024-19°F 202518%10%
Feb 2138°F19°F72°F 2017-14°F 191818%10%
Feb 2239°F20°F71°F 1982-11°F 191818%10%
Feb 2339°F20°F72°F 1918-10°F 191018%10%
Feb 2440°F21°F70°F 1981-13°F 191318%9%
Feb 2540°F21°F77°F 1896-7°F 201918%9%
Feb 2641°F21°F75°F 2024-12°F 189718%9%
Feb 2741°F22°F70°F 2016-16°F 189918%9%
Feb 2842°F22°F75°F 1972-12°F 191318%9%
Feb 2942°F22°F72°F 1992-8°F 196018%8%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Columbus, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0510152011020
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

February 1
sunrise 7:41 AM, sunset 5:46 PM
February 28
sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 6:19 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00251825 (Columbus 3 Ne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00251825, 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.