Guiseley weather in February

In February, Guiseley sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 12.8 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 Guiseley's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guiseley's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 24 min
7:39 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Guiseley is town in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough 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 Guiseley reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°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
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How February really feels in Guiseley

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.

Guiseley 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 / 7514.43.37.70.3
Feb / 6712.83.59.40.5
Mar / 6212.72.411.51.3
Apr11° / 6412.10.813.72.5
May14° / 6212.2015.73.7
Jun17° / 7913.1016.74.6
Jul19° / 11°7614016.35.3
Aug18° / 11°8213.8014.65.2
Sep16° / 6811.2012.54.5
Oct12° / 7312.90.110.22.9
Nov / 7513.50.78.31.4
Dec / 8313.72.27.20.4

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 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22377
32377
42377
52377
62278
72278
82278
92278
102278
112377
122377
132377
142377
152278
162377
172377
182377
192476
202278
212278
222377
232377
242377
252377
262377
272476
282476

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Guiseley gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 12.8 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 46% 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
74613
84613
94613
104613
114613
124613
134613
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204511
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224511
234612
244612
254612
264712
274712
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
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1818light breeze
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 8:05 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 4:36 PM to 5:29 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.58:054:36
28.68:034:38
38.68:024:40
48.78:004:42
58.87:584:44
68.87:574:45
78.97:554:47
88.97:534:49
99.07:514:51
109.17:494:53
119.17:474:55
129.27:454:57
139.37:434:59
149.37:415:01
159.47:395:03
169.57:375:05
179.57:355:07
189.67:335:09
199.77:315:11
209.77:295:13
219.87:275:15
229.97:255:17
239.97:225:19
2410.07:205:21
2510.17:185:23
2610.27:165:25
2710.27:135:27
2810.37:115:29

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 4.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 1.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.2Dim
121.2Dim
131.2Dim
141.3Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.4Dim
181.4Dim
191.4Dim
201.5Dim
211.5Dim
221.6Dim
231.6Dim
241.6Dim
251.7Dim
261.7Dim
271.7Dim
281.8Dim
Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Guiseley?

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 Guiseley.

What to pack for Guiseley in February

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

In February, Guiseley sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 1°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 Guiseley 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 Guiseley peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Guiseley?

Guiseley sits at 53.9°N, 1.7°W, 140 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Yeadon, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Guiseley

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guiseley has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 740 m.

The land around Guiseley is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
227 m
16 km
386 m
80 km
740 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
February weather nearby: Yeadon 2.0 km · Baildon 6.0 km · Shipley 6.0 km · Horsforth 6.0 km · Saltaire 7.0 km · Bingley 9.0 km · Bradford 9.0 km · Pudsey 10 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 Guiseley (53.8756°, -1.7123°, elevation 140 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).