London · United Kingdom

London in February: every year compared

In February, London averages highs of 8.0 °C and lows of 2.8 °C, with 44 mm of precipitation. The warmest February was 2024 (8.7 °C), the coldest 1963 (-1.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 8.0 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 2.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 44 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 9

Day by day through February

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

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every February in London, ranked

86 months of February since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 37 of 86 (−0.2 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 5.2 °C · −0.2 °C vs normal · rank 37 of 86

Warmest years

120248.7 °C
219908.1 °C
320027.8 °C
420227.7 °C
519957.4 °C

Coldest years

11963-1.6 °C
21947-1.3 °C
31986-1.2 °C
41956-0.9 °C
51942-0.2 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	5.2 °C	7.7 °C	2.6 °C	49 mm	6 days	0 cm	12 days
2024	8.7 °C	11.3 °C	6.2 °C	114 mm	1 day	0 cm	19 days
2023	6.4 °C	9.9 °C	3.3 °C	9 mm	5 days	0 cm	2 days
2022	7.7 °C	10.6 °C	4.5 °C	51 mm	1 day	0 cm	12 days
2021	5.6 °C	8.0 °C	2.7 °C	42 mm	9 days	6 cm	10 days
2020	7.4 °C	10.1 °C	4.6 °C	78 mm	0 days	1 cm	13 days
2019	7.0 °C	11.1 °C	3.6 °C	42 mm	1 day	4 cm	9 days
2018	3.2 °C	5.9 °C	0.5 °C	32 mm	13 days	2 cm	8 days
2017	6.9 °C	9.0 °C	4.7 °C	38 mm	1 day	1 cm	11 days
2016	5.8 °C	8.5 °C	3.0 °C	33 mm	5 days	0 cm	9 days
2015	4.4 °C	7.2 °C	1.8 °C	43 mm	4 days	2 cm	10 days
2014	7.1 °C	9.5 °C	4.5 °C	100 mm	0 days	0 cm	18 days
2013	3.3 °C	5.4 °C	1.2 °C	34 mm	5 days	6 cm	7 days
2012	4.1 °C	6.8 °C	1.6 °C	18 mm	13 days	8 cm	5 days
2011	7.0 °C	9.1 °C	4.7 °C	38 mm	2 days	0 cm	9 days
2010	3.6 °C	5.8 °C	1.5 °C	78 mm	9 days	1 cm	12 days
2009	4.6 °C	7.1 °C	2.0 °C	61 mm	10 days	12 cm	10 days
2008	6.0 °C	9.8 °C	2.3 °C	16 mm	6 days	0 cm	4 days
2007	6.7 °C	9.2 °C	4.2 °C	73 mm	3 days	4 cm	14 days
2006	4.1 °C	6.2 °C	2.2 °C	48 mm	6 days	1 cm	10 days
2005	4.3 °C	6.6 °C	2.1 °C	19 mm	8 days	2 cm	5 days
2004	5.8 °C	7.9 °C	3.7 °C	20 mm	9 days	0 cm	5 days
2003	4.5 °C	7.5 °C	1.8 °C	31 mm	11 days	1 cm	5 days
2002	7.8 °C	10.3 °C	5.1 °C	63 mm	2 days	0 cm	13 days
2001	5.3 °C	8.0 °C	2.5 °C	91 mm	5 days	4 cm	10 days
2000	6.9 °C	9.5 °C	3.9 °C	68 mm	3 days	0 cm	15 days
1999	5.5 °C	7.8 °C	3.1 °C	20 mm	7 days	0 cm	9 days
1998	7.1 °C	10.5 °C	4.0 °C	7 mm	4 days	0 cm	3 days
1997	7.2 °C	9.5 °C	4.4 °C	56 mm	2 days	0 cm	12 days
1996	3.0 °C	5.5 °C	0.5 °C	54 mm	16 days	3 cm	11 days
1995	7.4 °C	9.7 °C	4.8 °C	69 mm	2 days	0 cm	13 days
1994	4.1 °C	6.6 °C	1.6 °C	34 mm	9 days	5 cm	7 days
1993	4.5 °C	6.5 °C	2.4 °C	7 mm	4 days	0 cm	3 days
1992	5.5 °C	8.1 °C	2.4 °C	13 mm	9 days	0 cm	5 days
1991	1.8 °C	4.0 °C	-0.9 °C	48 mm	18 days	13 cm	8 days
1990	8.1 °C	10.7 °C	5.4 °C	88 mm	1 day	0 cm	18 days
1989	6.2 °C	9.1 °C	3.1 °C	40 mm	4 days	1 cm	10 days
1988	5.0 °C	7.7 °C	2.3 °C	36 mm	4 days	0 cm	11 days
1987	4.0 °C	6.2 °C	1.7 °C	22 mm	10 days	1 cm	8 days
1986	-1.2 °C	0.6 °C	-3.2 °C	18 mm	24 days	10 cm	5 days
1985	2.4 °C	5.1 °C	-0.2 °C	18 mm	13 days	5 cm	3 days
1984	4.0 °C	6.3 °C	1.9 °C	32 mm	7 days	0 cm	7 days
1983	2.3 °C	4.4 °C	0.1 °C	30 mm	17 days	6 cm	7 days
1982	5.1 °C	7.4 °C	2.7 °C	29 mm	4 days	1 cm	7 days
1981	3.2 °C	5.8 °C	0.7 °C	22 mm	15 days	3 cm	6 days
1980	6.1 °C	8.6 °C	3.6 °C	44 mm	3 days	0 cm	9 days
1979	1.7 °C	3.7 °C	-0.5 °C	68 mm	17 days	10 cm	13 days
1978	3.3 °C	5.1 °C	1.3 °C	47 mm	12 days	4 cm	14 days
1977	6.1 °C	8.4 °C	3.7 °C	75 mm	4 days	1 cm	13 days
1976	4.8 °C	7.0 °C	2.4 °C	19 mm	8 days	1 cm	5 days
1975	5.0 °C	7.9 °C	2.3 °C	29 mm	5 days	0 cm	8 days
1974	6.0 °C	8.2 °C	3.4 °C	76 mm	3 days	2 cm	13 days
1973	4.5 °C	7.1 °C	1.7 °C	18 mm	10 days	0 cm	6 days
1972	5.0 °C	7.1 °C	2.9 °C	66 mm	2 days	3 cm	14 days
1971	5.0 °C	7.8 °C	2.3 °C	22 mm	5 days	1 cm	6 days
1970	3.7 °C	6.2 °C	0.8 °C	70 mm	12 days	13 cm	14 days
1969	1.7 °C	4.1 °C	-0.8 °C	42 mm	15 days	17 cm	7 days
1968	2.7 °C	4.9 °C	0.5 °C	46 mm	11 days	3 cm	11 days
1967	5.9 °C	8.6 °C	3.0 °C	48 mm	4 days	0 cm	10 days
1966	6.3 °C	8.5 °C	4.0 °C	81 mm	3 days	0 cm	14 days
1965	2.9 °C	5.1 °C	0.6 °C	15 mm	15 days	2 cm	5 days
1964	4.1 °C	7.0 °C	1.1 °C	28 mm	13 days	2 cm	7 days
1963	-1.6 °C	0.9 °C	-4.7 °C	18 mm	26 days	9 cm	5 days
1962	4.2 °C	6.7 °C	1.3 °C	12 mm	9 days	3 cm	6 days
1961	7.3 °C	10.3 °C	4.3 °C	41 mm	0 days	0 cm	10 days
1960	4.3 °C	7.0 °C	1.7 °C	34 mm	10 days	4 cm	13 days
1959	4.0 °C	6.9 °C	1.5 °C	1 mm	6 days	0 cm	0 days
1958	5.5 °C	8.2 °C	2.3 °C	58 mm	8 days	8 cm	13 days
1957	5.7 °C	8.4 °C	2.7 °C	83 mm	9 days	4 cm	18 days
1956	-0.9 °C	1.8 °C	-3.8 °C	16 mm	24 days	8 cm	4 days
1955	2.0 °C	4.4 °C	-0.5 °C	33 mm	18 days	10 cm	11 days
1954	2.8 °C	5.2 °C	0.2 °C	60 mm	13 days	5 cm	12 days
1953	3.8 °C	6.5 °C	1.0 °C	52 mm	9 days	9 cm	8 days
1952	3.0 °C	5.9 °C	0.3 °C	16 mm	13 days	2 cm	4 days
1951	3.9 °C	6.3 °C	1.3 °C	104 mm	4 days	2 cm	16 days
1950	6.2 °C	9.3 °C	3.0 °C	104 mm	5 days	0 cm	17 days
1949	5.5 °C	9.1 °C	1.7 °C	23 mm	8 days	0 cm	5 days
1948	4.8 °C	7.3 °C	2.0 °C	29 mm	11 days	8 cm	10 days
1947	-1.3 °C	0.6 °C	-3.2 °C	16 mm	26 days	6 cm	3 days
1946	6.5 °C	9.0 °C	3.9 °C	46 mm	6 days	1 cm	11 days
1945	7.3 °C	10.3 °C	4.1 °C	40 mm	1 day	0 cm	9 days
1944	3.2 °C	5.6 °C	0.8 °C	23 mm	11 days	2 cm	9 days
1943	5.4 °C	8.6 °C	2.2 °C	28 mm	5 days	0 cm	4 days
1942	-0.2 °C	2.2 °C	-2.5 °C	21 mm	27 days	12 cm	6 days
1941	3.9 °C	6.6 °C	1.2 °C	38 mm	12 days	6 cm	12 days
1940	3.8 °C	6.5 °C	1.2 °C	32 mm	10 days	6 cm	8 days

February records

Hottest day

18.3 °C

February 26, 2019 estimate

Coldest night

-15.0 °C

February 10, 1986 estimate

Wettest day

22 mm

February 3, 1990 estimate

The weather on your birthday in London

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 London in February?

Highs average 8.0 °C and lows 2.8 °C. A typical February brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 6 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in London in February?

About 44 mm falls in February, over some 9 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest February was 2024 (114 mm), the driest 1959 (1 mm).

What was the warmest February in London?

2024, with a mean temperature of 8.7 °C. The coldest was 1963 (-1.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 37 of 86.