Rensselaer County Weather in February
Average highs run from 30°F on February 1 to 36°F on February 28, and lows from 13°F to 19°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.62 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
- 32°F
- Average low
- 16°F
- Precipitation
- 2.62 in
- Snowfall
- 9.4 in
- Record high
- 74°FFeb 24, 2017
- Record low
- -22°FFeb 15, 1943
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 59 min to 11 h 11 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 20°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 30°F | 13°F | 65°F 1989 | -19°F 1948 | 39% | 18% |
| Feb 2 | 30°F | 14°F | 53°F 1981 | -18°F 1961 | 39% | 18% |
| Feb 3 | 30°F | 14°F | 57°F 2016 | -18°F 1955 | 39% | 18% |
| Feb 4 | 30°F | 14°F | 61°F 1991 | -13°F 1978 | 39% | 18% |
| Feb 5 | 31°F | 14°F | 57°F 2019 | -12°F 1978 | 39% | 18% |
| Feb 6 | 31°F | 14°F | 55°F 1991 | -20°F 1948 | 39% | 18% |
| Feb 7 | 31°F | 14°F | 48°F 1951 | -18°F 1995 | 39% | 17% |
| Feb 8 | 31°F | 14°F | 51°F 2024 | -16°F 1950 | 39% | 17% |
| Feb 9 | 31°F | 14°F | 56°F 2024 | -9°F 1974 | 39% | 17% |
| Feb 10 | 31°F | 15°F | 60°F 2024 | -21°F 1948 | 39% | 17% |
| Feb 11 | 32°F | 15°F | 59°F 1981 | -18°F 1962 | 39% | 17% |
| Feb 12 | 32°F | 15°F | 54°F 1999 | -16°F 1979 | 40% | 17% |
| Feb 13 | 32°F | 15°F | 52°F 2023 | -13°F 1967 | 40% | 17% |
| Feb 14 | 32°F | 15°F | 63°F 1946 | -13°F 2016 | 40% | 17% |
| Feb 15 | 32°F | 16°F | 64°F 2023 | -22°F 1943 | 40% | 17% |
| Feb 16 | 33°F | 16°F | 61°F 2006 | -20°F 1943 | 40% | 17% |
| Feb 17 | 33°F | 16°F | 60°F 1981 | -16°F 1973 | 41% | 17% |
| Feb 18 | 33°F | 16°F | 63°F 1981 | -21°F 1973 | 41% | 17% |
| Feb 19 | 33°F | 16°F | 66°F 1981 | -4°F 1973 | 41% | 17% |
| Feb 20 | 34°F | 17°F | 63°F 2018 | -16°F 1966 | 41% | 17% |
| Feb 21 | 34°F | 17°F | 73°F 2018 | -10°F 2015 | 41% | 17% |
| Feb 22 | 34°F | 17°F | 68°F 1997 | -8°F 1963 | 42% | 17% |
| Feb 23 | 34°F | 17°F | 69°F 2017 | -16°F 1963 | 42% | 17% |
| Feb 24 | 35°F | 18°F | 74°F 2017 | -9°F 2015 | 42% | 17% |
| Feb 25 | 35°F | 18°F | 70°F 2017 | -7°F 1959 | 42% | 17% |
| Feb 26 | 35°F | 18°F | 63°F 1976 | -11°F 1950 | 42% | 16% |
| Feb 27 | 35°F | 18°F | 66°F 2024 | -13°F 1940 | 42% | 16% |
| Feb 28 | 36°F | 19°F | 62°F 2017 | -10°F 1950 | 43% | 16% |
| Feb 29 | 36°F | 19°F | 54°F 1976 | -2°F 2008 | 43% | 16% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- February 1
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 5:07 PM
- February 28
- sunrise 6:31 AM, sunset 5:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00303360 (Grafton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014735, 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.