Dakota Weather in February
Average highs run from 26°F on February 1 to 35°F on February 28, and lows from 6°F to 15°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.97 in over about 8 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
- 30°F
- Average low
- 10°F
- Precipitation
- 0.97 in
- Snowfall
- 8.2 in
- Record high
- 71°FFeb 28, 2024
- Record low
- -40°FFeb 25, 1928
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 53 min to 11 h 09 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 88%
- Dew point
- 15°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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 26°F | 6°F | 51°F 2012 | -30°F 1959 | 27% | 22% |
| Feb 2 | 26°F | 7°F | 48°F 1991 | -31°F 1951 | 27% | 22% |
| Feb 3 | 26°F | 7°F | 49°F 1991 | -37°F 1996 | 27% | 22% |
| Feb 4 | 26°F | 7°F | 50°F 1991 | -33°F 1996 | 27% | 21% |
| Feb 5 | 27°F | 7°F | 50°F 2024 | -26°F 1936 | 27% | 21% |
| Feb 6 | 27°F | 7°F | 49°F 2024 | -28°F 1907 | 27% | 21% |
| Feb 7 | 27°F | 7°F | 50°F 1991 | -28°F 1905 | 27% | 21% |
| Feb 8 | 27°F | 8°F | 50°F 1991 | -30°F 1971 | 27% | 21% |
| Feb 9 | 28°F | 8°F | 53°F 2024 | -35°F 1951 | 27% | 21% |
| Feb 10 | 28°F | 8°F | 50°F 1977 | -28°F 1912 | 27% | 21% |
| Feb 11 | 28°F | 8°F | 53°F 1999 | -20°F 1914 | 26% | 21% |
| Feb 12 | 29°F | 9°F | 49°F 1976 | -30°F 1967 | 26% | 21% |
| Feb 13 | 29°F | 9°F | 51°F 1918 | -26°F 1905 | 26% | 20% |
| Feb 14 | 29°F | 9°F | 52°F 2011 | -27°F 1951 | 26% | 20% |
| Feb 15 | 30°F | 10°F | 48°F 1984 | -28°F 1963 | 26% | 20% |
| Feb 16 | 30°F | 10°F | 56°F 1981 | -33°F 1936 | 26% | 20% |
| Feb 17 | 30°F | 10°F | 59°F 1981 | -25°F 1958 | 26% | 20% |
| Feb 18 | 31°F | 11°F | 58°F 1981 | -27°F 1936 | 26% | 20% |
| Feb 19 | 31°F | 11°F | 60°F 1981 | -31°F 1959 | 26% | 19% |
| Feb 20 | 31°F | 11°F | 59°F 2017 | -38°F 1929 | 26% | 19% |
| Feb 21 | 32°F | 12°F | 56°F 2017 | -25°F 1936 | 26% | 19% |
| Feb 22 | 32°F | 12°F | 62°F 1984 | -24°F 1936 | 26% | 19% |
| Feb 23 | 32°F | 12°F | 65°F 2017 | -21°F 1923 | 26% | 18% |
| Feb 24 | 33°F | 13°F | 55°F 1931 | -17°F 1928 | 26% | 18% |
| Feb 25 | 33°F | 13°F | 55°F 2000 | -40°F 1928 | 26% | 18% |
| Feb 26 | 34°F | 14°F | 62°F 2000 | -27°F 1963 | 26% | 18% |
| Feb 27 | 34°F | 14°F | 54°F 2024 | -23°F 1935 | 26% | 17% |
| Feb 28 | 34°F | 15°F | 71°F 2024 | -18°F 2014 | 26% | 17% |
| Feb 29 | 35°F | 15°F | 60°F 1964 | -12°F 1980 | 26% | 17% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- February 1
- sunrise 7:15 AM, sunset 5:08 PM
- February 28
- sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00473405 (Hancock Exp Farm), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00473405, 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.