Forest Heights weather in February

In February, Forest Heights sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -10°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to 0°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Forest Heights's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Forest Heights's year-round climate.

Daytime high: -1°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: -10°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:30 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 9th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Forest Heights is urban-type settlement in Ontario, Canada.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← January Forest Heights year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to 0°C by the end.

A typical February day in Forest Heights reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 5°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Avg low (°C)	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-11	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-10	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-9	-8	-8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-11
2	-2	-11
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-2	-11
8	-2	-11
9	-2	-11
10	-2	-11
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-1	-10
15	-1	-10
16	-1	-10
17	-1	-10
18	-1	-10
19	-1	-10
20	-1	-9
21	0	-9
22	0	-9
23	0	-9
24	0	-9
25	0	-9
26	0	-9
27	1	-8
28	1	-8

How February really feels in Forest Heights

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

28 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Forest Heights weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -10°	68	11.6	10.7	9.1	0.0
Feb	-1° / -10°	54	9.1	8	10.2	0.0
Mar	4° / -5°	63	10	6	11.6	0.3
Apr	12° / 2°	86	11.8	2.6	13.2	2.8
May	18° / 7°	88	11.6	0	14.5	5.5
Jun	23° / 13°	94	11.4	0	15.2	6.6
Jul	25° / 15°	85	11	0	14.9	6.7
Aug	24° / 14°	76	9.9	0	13.8	7.0
Sep	20° / 10°	79	9.6	0	12.3	6.4
Oct	13° / 4°	80	11.3	0.4	10.8	3.6
Nov	6° / -1°	74	11.2	4.3	9.5	0.6
Dec	1° / -6°	65	11.4	9.3	8.8	0.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	29	29
Cloudier (%)	78	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	73	73	73	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	29	71
28	29	71

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Forest Heights gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 wet days in February, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 33% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36
Snow chance (%)	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	31
2	31	31
3	31	30
4	30	30
5	30	30
6	30	30
7	30	30
8	31	30
9	31	30
10	31	30
11	31	30
12	32	30
13	32	30
14	33	30
15	33	30
16	33	30
17	34	29
18	34	29
19	35	29
20	35	29
21	35	28
22	35	28
23	36	28
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	36	27
27	36	27
28	36	27

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 14 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:47 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 6:00 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:10
Sunset (PM)	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:47	5:25
2	9.7	7:46	5:26
3	9.7	7:45	5:27
4	9.8	7:43	5:29
5	9.8	7:42	5:30
6	9.8	7:41	5:31
7	9.9	7:40	5:33
8	9.9	7:39	5:34
9	10.0	7:38	5:35
10	10.0	7:37	5:37
11	10.0	7:35	5:38
12	10.1	7:34	5:39
13	10.1	7:33	5:41
14	10.2	7:31	5:42
15	10.2	7:30	5:43
16	10.3	7:29	5:45
17	10.3	7:27	5:46
18	10.4	7:26	5:47
19	10.4	7:24	5:49
20	10.5	7:23	5:50
21	10.5	7:21	5:51
22	10.5	7:20	5:53
23	10.6	7:18	5:54
24	10.6	7:17	5:55
25	10.7	7:15	5:57
26	10.7	7:14	5:58
27	10.8	7:12	5:59
28	10.8	7:10	6:00

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 2.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Forest Heights?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Forest Heights.

What to pack for Forest Heights in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Forest Heights sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -10°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Forest Heights in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Forest Heights peaks around June 22 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	6	9	8	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Forest Heights in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Forest Heights is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	9	11	13	13	14	15	16	14	13	8	8	8
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	8	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Forest Heights?

Forest Heights sits at 43.4°N, 80.5°W, 352 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Kitchener, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Forest Heights

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Forest Heights.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Forest Heights has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 355 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m.

The land around Forest Heights is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

83 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

167 m

cropland 43%

80 km

461 m

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Forest Heights year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Kitchener 1.0 km · Waterloo 5.0 km · Hespeler 17 km · Cambridge 18 km · Fiddlesticks 19 km · Christopher-Champlain 20 km · Guelph 26 km · Fergus 34 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Forest Heights (43.4194°, -80.5233°, elevation 352 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-11
2	-2	-11
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-2	-11
8	-2	-11
9	-2	-11
10	-2	-11
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-1	-10
15	-1	-10
16	-1	-10
17	-1	-10
18	-1	-10
19	-1	-10
20	-1	-9
21	0	-9
22	0	-9
23	0	-9
24	0	-9
25	0	-9
26	0	-9
27	1	-8
28	1	-8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	29	71
28	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	31
2	31	31
3	31	30
4	30	30
5	30	30
6	30	30
7	30	30
8	31	30
9	31	30
10	31	30
11	31	30
12	32	30
13	32	30
14	33	30
15	33	30
16	33	30
17	34	29
18	34	29
19	35	29
20	35	29
21	35	28
22	35	28
23	36	28
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	36	27
27	36	27
28	36	27

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-11
2	-2	-11
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-2	-11
8	-2	-11
9	-2	-11
10	-2	-11
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-1	-10
15	-1	-10
16	-1	-10
17	-1	-10
18	-1	-10
19	-1	-10
20	-1	-9
21	0	-9
22	0	-9
23	0	-9
24	0	-9
25	0	-9
26	0	-9
27	1	-8
28	1	-8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	29	71
28	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	31
2	31	31
3	31	30
4	30	30
5	30	30
6	30	30
7	30	30
8	31	30
9	31	30
10	31	30
11	31	30
12	32	30
13	32	30
14	33	30
15	33	30
16	33	30
17	34	29
18	34	29
19	35	29
20	35	29
21	35	28
22	35	28
23	36	28
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	36	27
27	36	27
28	36	27

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	-2	-11
2	-2	-11
3	-2	-11
4	-2	-11
5	-2	-11
6	-2	-11
7	-2	-11
8	-2	-11
9	-2	-11
10	-2	-11
11	-2	-10
12	-2	-10
13	-2	-10
14	-1	-10
15	-1	-10
16	-1	-10
17	-1	-10
18	-1	-10
19	-1	-10
20	-1	-9
21	0	-9
22	0	-9
23	0	-9
24	0	-9
25	0	-9
26	0	-9
27	1	-8
28	1	-8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	25	75
21	25	75
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	29	71
28	29	71

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	31
2	31	31
3	31	30
4	30	30
5	30	30
6	30	30
7	30	30
8	31	30
9	31	30
10	31	30
11	31	30
12	32	30
13	32	30
14	33	30
15	33	30
16	33	30
17	34	29
18	34	29
19	35	29
20	35	29
21	35	28
22	35	28
23	36	28
24	36	28
25	36	28
26	36	27
27	36	27
28	36	27

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100