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Nuuk in February: every year compared

In February, Nuuk averages highs of -9.3 °C and lows of -14.8 °C, with 43 mm of precipitation. The warmest February was 2010 (-3.3 °C), the coldest 1984 (-25.5 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high -9.3 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -14.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 43 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 7

Day by day through February

Normal high and low for each day of February in Nuuk.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every February in Nuuk, ranked

86 months of February since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 8 of 86 (+4.5 °C vs normal).

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2025 · -7.5 °C · +4.5 °C vs normal · rank 8 of 86

Warmest years

12010-3.3 °C
21986-4.3 °C
32005-4.7 °C
41969-5.6 °C
52007-6.0 °C

Coldest years

11984-25.5 °C
21992-22.5 °C
31945-21.3 °C
41949-20.0 °C
51961-19.9 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-7.5 °C	-4.8 °C	-10.0 °C	35 mm	26 days	25 cm	9 days
2024	-12.2 °C	-9.2 °C	-15.1 °C	68 mm	29 days	47 cm	11 days
2023	-12.2 °C	-8.8 °C	-15.5 °C	72 mm	28 days	51 cm	19 days
2022	-15.0 °C	-12.9 °C	-17.2 °C	75 mm	28 days	52 cm	13 days
2021	-11.4 °C	-9.0 °C	-13.6 °C	14 mm	28 days	11 cm	4 days
2020	-14.2 °C	-12.0 °C	-16.6 °C	10 mm	29 days	13 cm	4 days
2019	-8.6 °C	-6.0 °C	-11.8 °C	6 mm	28 days	7 cm	3 days
2018	-17.7 °C	-14.2 °C	-21.5 °C	46 mm	28 days	40 cm	9 days
2017	-10.2 °C	-7.9 °C	-12.4 °C	37 mm	28 days	31 cm	8 days
2016	-10.1 °C	-6.9 °C	-14.0 °C	43 mm	29 days	35 cm	8 days
2015	-14.2 °C	-11.6 °C	-16.7 °C	70 mm	28 days	34 cm	6 days
2014	-10.9 °C	-8.5 °C	-13.6 °C	6 mm	28 days	6 cm	2 days
2013	-10.4 °C	-7.5 °C	-13.5 °C	30 mm	28 days	20 cm	7 days
2012	-9.6 °C	-7.3 °C	-12.3 °C	83 mm	29 days	46 cm	7 days
2011	-11.9 °C	-9.6 °C	-14.6 °C	40 mm	28 days	31 cm	9 days
2010	-3.3 °C	-0.9 °C	-6.2 °C	12 mm	28 days	9 cm	3 days
2009	-7.5 °C	-4.9 °C	-10.2 °C	24 mm	27 days	20 cm	8 days
2008	-15.3 °C	-12.6 °C	-18.0 °C	24 mm	29 days	24 cm	8 days
2007	-6.0 °C	-2.7 °C	-9.7 °C	3 mm	28 days	5 cm	1 day
2006	-8.9 °C	-5.9 °C	-12.3 °C	22 mm	26 days	18 cm	4 days
2005	-4.7 °C	-1.9 °C	-7.2 °C	144 mm	26 days	90 cm	15 days
2004	-8.0 °C	-5.4 °C	-10.9 °C	99 mm	28 days	47 cm	10 days
2003	-14.6 °C	-12.2 °C	-17.1 °C	13 mm	28 days	13 cm	4 days
2002	-15.5 °C	-12.6 °C	-18.6 °C	36 mm	28 days	29 cm	5 days
2001	-10.5 °C	-7.9 °C	-13.1 °C	38 mm	27 days	31 cm	9 days
2000	-12.6 °C	-10.4 °C	-14.8 °C	24 mm	29 days	23 cm	9 days
1999	-12.8 °C	-10.5 °C	-15.3 °C	137 mm	27 days	88 cm	12 days
1998	-16.3 °C	-13.5 °C	-19.2 °C	55 mm	28 days	42 cm	11 days
1997	-15.4 °C	-13.3 °C	-17.9 °C	24 mm	28 days	20 cm	5 days
1996	-9.2 °C	-6.3 °C	-12.3 °C	90 mm	29 days	53 cm	14 days
1995	-14.9 °C	-12.7 °C	-17.6 °C	9 mm	28 days	15 cm	2 days
1994	-14.6 °C	-11.6 °C	-17.3 °C	3 mm	28 days	5 cm	2 days
1993	-17.0 °C	-13.4 °C	-20.2 °C	102 mm	28 days	66 cm	13 days
1992	-22.5 °C	-19.7 °C	-25.6 °C	15 mm	29 days	14 cm	7 days
1991	-12.5 °C	-9.8 °C	-15.0 °C	49 mm	28 days	40 cm	10 days
1990	-16.6 °C	-13.7 °C	-19.5 °C	2 mm	28 days	6 cm	0 days
1989	-18.6 °C	-14.9 °C	-22.8 °C	20 mm	28 days	20 cm	6 days
1988	-8.3 °C	-5.0 °C	-12.3 °C	127 mm	29 days	78 cm	14 days
1987	-14.1 °C	-10.7 °C	-17.6 °C	15 mm	28 days	12 cm	3 days
1986	-4.3 °C	-1.7 °C	-7.2 °C	20 mm	27 days	15 cm	4 days
1985	-11.9 °C	-9.0 °C	-15.5 °C	7 mm	28 days	8 cm	3 days
1984	-25.5 °C	-22.9 °C	-28.3 °C	0 mm	29 days	2 cm	0 days
1983	-14.9 °C	-11.1 °C	-19.1 °C	211 mm	27 days	117 cm	13 days
1982	-18.0 °C	-15.4 °C	-20.5 °C	2 mm	28 days	2 cm	1 day
1981	-12.4 °C	-8.7 °C	-15.9 °C	95 mm	28 days	72 cm	16 days
1980	-11.3 °C	-8.4 °C	-14.4 °C	24 mm	29 days	20 cm	3 days
1979	-8.2 °C	-5.4 °C	-11.6 °C	25 mm	28 days	19 cm	4 days
1978	-10.8 °C	-7.8 °C	-13.7 °C	19 mm	28 days	13 cm	4 days
1977	-8.9 °C	-6.2 °C	-11.7 °C	33 mm	28 days	23 cm	10 days
1976	-14.0 °C	-11.7 °C	-16.2 °C	70 mm	29 days	48 cm	15 days
1975	-10.6 °C	-8.6 °C	-12.8 °C	11 mm	28 days	8 cm	5 days
1974	-9.6 °C	-7.6 °C	-12.0 °C	16 mm	28 days	11 cm	7 days
1973	-14.4 °C	-12.0 °C	-16.9 °C	59 mm	28 days	42 cm	15 days
1972	-12.0 °C	-8.4 °C	-14.8 °C	62 mm	29 days	44 cm	11 days
1971	-14.0 °C	-12.2 °C	-16.0 °C	30 mm	28 days	21 cm	12 days
1970	-9.1 °C	-5.5 °C	-12.1 °C	113 mm	28 days	76 cm	16 days
1969	-5.6 °C	-2.8 °C	-8.2 °C	94 mm	24 days	43 cm	16 days
1968	-6.3 °C	-3.1 °C	-9.2 °C	126 mm	29 days	88 cm	15 days
1967	-11.3 °C	-9.0 °C	-14.6 °C	76 mm	28 days	51 cm	14 days
1966	-12.6 °C	-10.3 °C	-14.9 °C	37 mm	28 days	26 cm	9 days
1965	-7.1 °C	-3.1 °C	-10.1 °C	142 mm	28 days	97 cm	18 days
1964	-10.2 °C	-6.8 °C	-13.4 °C	56 mm	29 days	35 cm	12 days
1963	-11.3 °C	-8.1 °C	-14.3 °C	36 mm	28 days	25 cm	4 days
1962	-14.0 °C	-10.6 °C	-17.4 °C	106 mm	28 days	70 cm	20 days
1961	-19.9 °C	-17.2 °C	-22.7 °C	34 mm	28 days	24 cm	9 days
1960	-13.6 °C	-11.2 °C	-16.1 °C	26 mm	29 days	18 cm	5 days
1959	-16.6 °C	-13.4 °C	-19.5 °C	53 mm	28 days	32 cm	17 days
1958	-10.2 °C	-6.5 °C	-13.1 °C	60 mm	28 days	41 cm	13 days
1957	-17.2 °C	-14.9 °C	-19.2 °C	3 mm	28 days	2 cm	2 days
1956	-12.7 °C	-9.8 °C	-15.6 °C	62 mm	29 days	41 cm	13 days
1955	-9.6 °C	-7.1 °C	-12.3 °C	118 mm	27 days	62 cm	13 days
1954	-13.7 °C	-11.0 °C	-16.9 °C	89 mm	28 days	62 cm	15 days
1953	-10.5 °C	-7.7 °C	-13.6 °C	41 mm	28 days	25 cm	10 days
1952	-11.0 °C	-8.1 °C	-14.5 °C	76 mm	29 days	41 cm	15 days
1951	-16.2 °C	-12.9 °C	-19.9 °C	74 mm	28 days	47 cm	15 days
1950	-15.5 °C	-13.3 °C	-17.9 °C	51 mm	28 days	34 cm	12 days
1949	-20.0 °C	-17.8 °C	-22.5 °C	17 mm	28 days	12 cm	6 days
1948	-14.9 °C	-12.0 °C	-18.2 °C	72 mm	29 days	50 cm	13 days
1947	-11.8 °C	-8.5 °C	-14.7 °C	4 mm	28 days	2 cm	2 days
1946	-13.0 °C	-9.3 °C	-16.2 °C	87 mm	28 days	55 cm	16 days
1945	-21.3 °C	-18.9 °C	-23.7 °C	22 mm	28 days	16 cm	9 days
1944	-10.6 °C	-7.3 °C	-13.7 °C	161 mm	28 days	80 cm	23 days
1943	-17.6 °C	-14.4 °C	-20.4 °C	65 mm	28 days	45 cm	14 days
1942	-9.3 °C	-7.0 °C	-12.1 °C	111 mm	28 days	70 cm	14 days
1941	-12.9 °C	-10.0 °C	-15.8 °C	47 mm	28 days	33 cm	12 days
1940	-10.7 °C	-7.8 °C	-13.5 °C	33 mm	29 days	18 cm	5 days

February records

Hottest day

9.5 °C

February 19, 2005 estimate

Coldest night

-38.0 °C

February 7, 1984 estimate

Wettest day

73 mm

February 28, 1988 estimate

The weather on your birthday in Nuuk

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Nuuk in February?

Highs average -9.3 °C and lows -14.8 °C. A typical February brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 28 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Nuuk in February?

About 43 mm falls in February, over some 7 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest February was 1983 (211 mm), the driest 1984 (0 mm).

What was the warmest February in Nuuk?

2010, with a mean temperature of -3.3 °C. The coldest was 1984 (-25.5 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 8 of 86.