Cleckheaton weather in February

In February, Cleckheaton sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 65 mm of precipitation across 12.7 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of February to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Cleckheaton's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cleckheaton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
65 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 24 min
7:39 AM – 5:04 PM
Cloud cover
76%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Cleckheaton is town in the Metropolitan borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England.

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month.

A typical February day in Cleckheaton reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C cooler than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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261
361
461
561
661
761
861
961
1061
1161
1261
1361
1462
1562
1662
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1862
1972
2072
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How February really feels in Cleckheaton

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
28
wind chill below the day's low

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

Cleckheaton weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7314.12.77.80.3
Feb / 6512.73.59.40.5
Mar / 6412.72.411.51.4
Apr11° / 6512.60.913.72.5
May14° / 6412.5015.63.7
Jun17° / 10°7813.7016.74.7
Jul19° / 12°7714016.35.4
Aug18° / 12°8214.2014.65.2
Sep16° / 6911.4012.54.5
Oct12° / 7513.20.110.32.9
Nov / 7413.70.78.31.4
Dec / 8213.82.27.30.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42476
52476
62476
72476
82575
92476
102476
112476
122575
132575
142476
152476
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202476
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222476
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242575
252476
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282476

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Cleckheaton gets around 65 mm of rain and snow over 12.7 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14312
24312
34412
44413
54513
64513
74513
84513
94513
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274612
284712

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.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100

Wind in February

Winds average 18 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
718light breeze
818light breeze
918light breeze
1018light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
1318light breeze
1418light breeze
1518light breeze
1618light breeze
1718light breeze
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1918light breeze
2018light breeze
2118light breeze
2218light breeze
2318light breeze
2418light breeze
2518light breeze
2618light breeze
2718light breeze
2818light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of February to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 8:04 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 4:36 PM to 5:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.58:044:36
28.68:034:38
38.78:014:40
48.77:594:42
58.87:584:44
68.87:564:46
78.97:544:48
89.07:524:50
99.07:514:52
109.17:494:54
119.27:474:56
129.27:454:58
139.37:435:00
149.37:415:02
159.47:395:04
169.57:375:06
179.57:355:08
189.67:335:10
199.77:315:12
209.87:295:14
219.87:265:16
229.97:245:18
2310.07:225:20
2410.07:205:22
2510.17:185:24
2610.27:155:26
2710.27:135:28
2810.37:115:30

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 4.74 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 1.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.2Dim
111.2Dim
121.2Dim
131.3Dim
141.3Dim
151.3Dim
161.4Dim
171.4Dim
181.4Dim
191.5Dim
201.5Dim
211.5Dim
221.6Dim
231.6Dim
241.6Dim
251.7Dim
261.7Dim
271.8Dim
281.8Dim
Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Cleckheaton?

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

0.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cleckheaton.

What to pack for Cleckheaton in February

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

In February, Cleckheaton sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Cleckheaton in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cleckheaton peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Cleckheaton?

Cleckheaton sits at 53.7°N, 1.7°W, 92 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Liversedge, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Cleckheaton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cleckheaton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 736 m.

The land around Cleckheaton is covered by grassland (42%), trees (28%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
129 m
16 km
424 m
80 km
736 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Liversedge 2.0 km · Heckmondwike 3.0 km · Brighouse 5.0 km · Batley 6.0 km · Mirfield 6.0 km · Dewsbury 7.0 km · Morley 8.0 km · Bradford 8.0 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Cleckheaton (53.724°, -1.7129°, elevation 92 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).