Peterlee weather in February

In February, Peterlee sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 50 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. 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 8 h 24 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Peterlee's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Peterlee's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
50 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
7:41 AM – 4:59 PM
Cloud cover
71%
6th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Peterlee is town in County Durham, 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 7°C through the month.

A typical February day in Peterlee reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C cooler than March.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
173
273
373
473
573
673
773
873
973
1073
1173
1273
1373
1473
1573
1673
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1873
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2073
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2273
2373
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2583
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How February really feels in Peterlee

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.

Peterlee weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5813.21.47.60.8
Feb / 5011.71.69.30.9
Mar / 4510.70.911.51.6
Apr11° / 5110.50.313.72.5
May13° / 4611015.83.6
Jun16° / 11°6111.4016.94.7
Jul18° / 13°6111.5016.55.6
Aug18° / 13°6811.8014.75.6
Sep16° / 11°579.9012.54.9
Oct13° / 6412.5010.23.3
Nov10° / 7113.10.48.21.9
Dec / 6513.71.27.10.9

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 18% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33466
43367
53367
63367
73367
83466
93466
103367
113466
123367
133367
143367
153367
163367
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203367
213268
223268
233268
243367
253367
263367
273367
283466

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Peterlee gets around 50 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1395
2395
3405
4405
5405
6415
7415
8415
9415
10415
11425
12425
13425
14425
15425
16425
17425
18415
19415
20416
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22416
23416
24417
25417
26417
27417
28417

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
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20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100

Wind in February

Winds average 22 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
422breezy
522breezy
622breezy
722breezy
822breezy
922breezy
1022breezy
1122breezy
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2421breezy
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2721breezy
2821breezy

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of February to 10 h 12 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 8:07 AM to 7:11 AM, and sunset from 4:30 PM to 5:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202528
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:074:30
28.48:064:32
38.58:044:34
48.68:024:37
58.68:004:39
68.77:584:41
78.87:574:43
88.87:554:45
98.97:534:47
109.07:514:49
119.07:494:51
129.17:474:53
139.27:454:55
149.27:434:57
159.37:414:59
169.47:395:01
179.47:365:03
189.57:345:05
199.67:325:08
209.77:305:10
219.77:285:12
229.87:255:14
239.97:235:16
2410.07:215:18
2510.07:185:20
2610.17:165:22
2710.27:145:24
2810.27:115:26

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 1.33 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
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.2Dim
111.2Dim
121.3Dim
131.3Dim
141.3Dim
151.4Dim
161.4Dim
171.4Dim
181.4Dim
191.5Dim
201.5Dim
211.6Dim
221.6Dim
231.6Dim
241.7Dim
251.7Dim
261.8Dim
271.8Dim
281.8Dim
Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Peterlee?

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

0.9
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 Peterlee.

What to pack for Peterlee in February

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

In February, Peterlee sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Peterlee in February

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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Mar6Bracing
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May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
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UV index in Peterlee 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 Peterlee peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Peterlee?

Peterlee sits at 54.8°N, 1.3°W, 101 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Seaham, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Peterlee

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Peterlee has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m around an average of 96 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Peterlee is covered by trees (27%), grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, water (35%), cropland (22%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
157 m
16 km
190 m
80 km
906 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
February weather nearby: Seaham 9.0 km · Hartlepool 12 km · Houghton-Le-Spring 12 km · Durham 15 km · Sunderland 16 km · Spennymoor 18 km · Chester-le-Street 19 km · Billingham 19 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 Peterlee (54.7603°, -1.3365°, elevation 101 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).