Gainesville Weather in February
Average highs run from 55°F on February 1 to 61°F on February 28, and lows from 33°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.56 in over about 5 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
- 58°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 2.56 in
- Snowfall
- 0.3 in
- Record high
- 95°FFeb 23, 1996
- Record low
- -6°FFeb 16, 2021
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 10 h 35 min to 11 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 38°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 55°F | 33°F | 79°F 1997 | 12°F 2026 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 2 | 55°F | 33°F | 79°F 1997 | 8°F 2011 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 3 | 55°F | 33°F | 81°F 1995 | 8°F 2011 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 4 | 56°F | 33°F | 82°F 2025 | 4°F 1996 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 5 | 56°F | 34°F | 81°F 2019 | 4°F 1996 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 6 | 56°F | 34°F | 79°F 2019 | 9°F 1989 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 7 | 56°F | 34°F | 82°F 2026 | 10°F 1989 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 8 | 56°F | 34°F | 76°F 2017 | 17°F 2019 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 9 | 57°F | 34°F | 79°F 1990 | 11°F 2011 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 10 | 57°F | 34°F | 78°F 1999 | 8°F 2011 | 17% | 1% |
| Feb 11 | 57°F | 35°F | 80°F 2000 | 7°F 2011 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 12 | 57°F | 35°F | 84°F 2017 | 11°F 1988 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 13 | 57°F | 35°F | 77°F 1990 | 15°F 2021 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 14 | 57°F | 35°F | 79°F 1991 | 11°F 2021 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 15 | 58°F | 35°F | 83°F 1996 | 2°F 2021 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 16 | 58°F | 36°F | 84°F 2000 | -6°F 2021 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 17 | 58°F | 36°F | 82°F 2006 | -5°F 2021 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 18 | 58°F | 36°F | 79°F 1991 | 15°F 2021 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 19 | 58°F | 36°F | 79°F 2011 | 8°F 2025 | 18% | 1% |
| Feb 20 | 59°F | 36°F | 77°F 1996 | 7°F 2025 | 19% | 1% |
| Feb 21 | 59°F | 37°F | 81°F 1996 | 7°F 2025 | 19% | 1% |
| Feb 22 | 59°F | 37°F | 90°F 1996 | 18°F 2025 | 19% | 1% |
| Feb 23 | 59°F | 37°F | 95°F 1996 | 17°F 1989 | 19% | 1% |
| Feb 24 | 60°F | 37°F | 86°F 2017 | 17°F 2022 | 19% | 1% |
| Feb 25 | 60°F | 38°F | 78°F 1998 | 15°F 2003 | 19% | 1% |
| Feb 26 | 60°F | 38°F | 84°F 2024 | 15°F 2003 | 19% | 1% |
| Feb 27 | 60°F | 38°F | 92°F 2024 | 15°F 2002 | 19% | 0% |
| Feb 28 | 61°F | 38°F | 80°F 2026 | 15°F 2002 | 20% | 0% |
| Feb 29 | 61°F | 39°F | 77°F 1988 | 28°F 1996 | 20% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- February 1
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 6:00 PM
- February 28
- sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 6:24 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00413420 (Gainesville 5 Ene), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00413420, 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.