Amherst Weather in February
Average highs run from 31°F on February 1 to 37°F on February 28, and lows from 18°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.49 in over about 16 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
- 33°F
- Average low
- 20°F
- Precipitation
- 2.49 in
- Snowfall
- 18.1 in
- Record high
- 71°FFeb 24, 2017
- Record low
- -20°FFeb 2, 1961
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 58 min to 11 h 10 min
- Cloud cover
- 76%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 11.0 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 | 31°F | 18°F | 58°F 2016 | -5°F 1948 | 58% | 52% |
| Feb 2 | 32°F | 18°F | 57°F 1973 | -20°F 1961 | 58% | 51% |
| Feb 3 | 32°F | 18°F | 61°F 2016 | -5°F 1951 | 57% | 51% |
| Feb 4 | 32°F | 18°F | 59°F 2019 | -4°F 1978 | 57% | 51% |
| Feb 5 | 32°F | 18°F | 54°F 1962 | -6°F 2009 | 57% | 51% |
| Feb 6 | 32°F | 18°F | 52°F 1946 | -4°F 1993 | 57% | 51% |
| Feb 7 | 32°F | 18°F | 60°F 2019 | -5°F 1993 | 57% | 50% |
| Feb 8 | 32°F | 18°F | 59°F 2019 | -7°F 1967 | 57% | 50% |
| Feb 9 | 32°F | 18°F | 60°F 2001 | -9°F 2026 | 56% | 50% |
| Feb 10 | 32°F | 19°F | 57°F 1965 | -7°F 1962 | 56% | 50% |
| Feb 11 | 32°F | 19°F | 60°F 1999 | -10°F 1979 | 56% | 49% |
| Feb 12 | 33°F | 19°F | 63°F 1999 | -10°F 1979 | 56% | 49% |
| Feb 13 | 33°F | 19°F | 61°F 1984 | -5°F 2015 | 56% | 48% |
| Feb 14 | 33°F | 19°F | 57°F 1946 | -13°F 1943 | 56% | 48% |
| Feb 15 | 33°F | 19°F | 63°F 1954 | -14°F 1943 | 55% | 48% |
| Feb 16 | 33°F | 20°F | 58°F 2006 | -10°F 2015 | 55% | 47% |
| Feb 17 | 34°F | 20°F | 61°F 2006 | -13°F 1979 | 55% | 47% |
| Feb 18 | 34°F | 20°F | 63°F 1981 | -18°F 1979 | 55% | 46% |
| Feb 19 | 34°F | 20°F | 63°F 1994 | -6°F 2015 | 55% | 46% |
| Feb 20 | 34°F | 20°F | 67°F 2018 | -8°F 2015 | 55% | 45% |
| Feb 21 | 34°F | 21°F | 70°F 1997 | 0°F 2015 | 55% | 45% |
| Feb 22 | 35°F | 21°F | 65°F 1981 | 1°F 1963 | 54% | 44% |
| Feb 23 | 35°F | 21°F | 62°F 1984 | -7°F 2015 | 54% | 44% |
| Feb 24 | 35°F | 21°F | 71°F 2017 | -7°F 2015 | 54% | 44% |
| Feb 25 | 36°F | 22°F | 65°F 2017 | 2°F 1990 | 54% | 43% |
| Feb 26 | 36°F | 22°F | 71°F 2000 | -5°F 1963 | 54% | 43% |
| Feb 27 | 36°F | 22°F | 68°F 2024 | -3°F 1963 | 54% | 42% |
| Feb 28 | 36°F | 22°F | 64°F 1954 | -3°F 2014 | 53% | 42% |
| Feb 29 | 37°F | 22°F | 58°F 2016 | -3°F 1980 | 53% | 41% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- February 1
- sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 5:28 PM
- February 28
- sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 6:03 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014733 (Buffalo), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014733, 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.