Ithaca climate

Ithaca Weather in February

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ithaca Cornell Univ, 4 km from Ithaca

Average highs run from 31°F on February 1 to 36°F on February 28, and lows from 13°F to 18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.98 in over about 13 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 Ithaca, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-200204060801510152025
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

February at a glance

Average high
33°F
Average low
15°F
Precipitation
1.98 in
Snowfall
14.5 in
Record high
73°FFeb 25, 2017
Record low
-25°FFeb 2, 1961
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
10 h 00 min to 11 h 12 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
20°F
Wind
8.1 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°F13°F58°F 2012-20°F 194848%38%
Feb 231°F13°F60°F 1989-25°F 196148%37%
Feb 331°F13°F53°F 1973-22°F 196148%37%
Feb 431°F14°F57°F 1991-14°F 197848%37%
Feb 531°F14°F61°F 1991-16°F 197848%37%
Feb 632°F14°F56°F 1991-14°F 201547%37%
Feb 732°F14°F56°F 1904-14°F 198847%37%
Feb 832°F14°F58°F 1925-20°F 193447%36%
Feb 932°F14°F57°F 1925-24°F 193447%36%
Feb 1032°F14°F61°F 2024-15°F 198347%36%
Feb 1132°F14°F56°F 1932-23°F 197947%36%
Feb 1233°F15°F58°F 1960-20°F 197947%36%
Feb 1333°F15°F64°F 1999-15°F 197947%35%
Feb 1433°F15°F56°F 1938-14°F 195847%35%
Feb 1533°F15°F57°F 1908-18°F 198747%35%
Feb 1633°F15°F68°F 2023-17°F 200447%34%
Feb 1733°F15°F59°F 1990-18°F 189647%34%
Feb 1834°F16°F58°F 1981-23°F 197947%34%
Feb 1934°F16°F64°F 2017-18°F 197947%34%
Feb 2034°F16°F66°F 1930-9°F 197847%33%
Feb 2134°F16°F67°F 2018-11°F 201547%33%
Feb 2235°F16°F69°F 2018-8°F 194647%33%
Feb 2335°F17°F64°F 1922-11°F 197247%32%
Feb 2435°F17°F67°F 2017-22°F 201548%32%
Feb 2535°F17°F73°F 2017-14°F 189448%32%
Feb 2635°F17°F64°F 2017-7°F 200348%32%
Feb 2736°F17°F63°F 1976-18°F 196347%31%
Feb 2836°F18°F67°F 1997-18°F 201547%31%
Feb 2936°F18°F62°F 2016-1°F 198047%31%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Ithaca, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030405011020
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

February 1
sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 5:20 PM
February 28
sunrise 6:43 AM, sunset 5:55 PM

Every day of February: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00304174 (Ithaca Cornell Univ), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00304174, 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.