Barstow weather in February

In February, Barstow sees average daytime highs of 62°F and overnight lows near 41°F, with 0.9 in of rain across 3.7 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 62°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Barstow's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barstow's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 62°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 41°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0.9 in; 3.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:42 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 11th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Barstow is city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Density: 221/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1947

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 62°F through the month.

A typical February day in Barstow reaches about 62°F in the afternoon and slips back to 41°F overnight — a 21°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 52°F and 72°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 4°F warmer than January and about 6°F 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 (°F)	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63
Avg low (°F)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	60	40
2	61	40
3	61	40
4	61	40
5	61	40
6	61	40
7	61	40
8	61	41
9	62	41
10	62	41
11	62	41
12	62	41
13	62	41
14	62	41
15	62	41
16	62	41
17	62	41
18	62	41
19	62	41
20	62	41
21	62	41
22	62	42
23	62	42
24	62	42
25	62	42
26	63	42
27	63	42
28	63	42

How February really feels in Barstow

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Barstow weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	58° / 38°	0.7	3.3	9.9	5.2
Feb	62° / 41°	0.9	3.7	10.7	6.3
Mar	68° / 46°	0.5	2.5	11.7	7.8
Apr	74° / 50°	0.3	1.5	12.9	8.7
May	83° / 57°	0.1	0.3	13.8	7.8
Jun	92° / 65°	0.0	0.2	14.3	4.4
Jul	98° / 72°	0.2	1.1	14.1	2.2
Aug	97° / 71°	0.1	0.6	13.3	2.5
Sep	90° / 64°	0.1	0.6	12.2	5.2
Oct	78° / 54°	0.2	1.1	11.1	8.7
Nov	65° / 43°	0.3	1.4	10.2	7.6
Dec	57° / 37°	0.6	2.5	9.7	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	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 (%)	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67
Cloudier (%)	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Barstow gets around 0.9 in of rain over 3.7 wet days in February, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 13% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13

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

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 7 mph in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 8 mph 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 (mph)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 5:10 PM to 5:36 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:27
Sunset (PM)	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:53	5:10
2	10.3	6:53	5:11
3	10.3	6:52	5:12
4	10.4	6:51	5:13
5	10.4	6:51	5:14
6	10.4	6:50	5:15
7	10.4	6:49	5:16
8	10.5	6:48	5:17
9	10.5	6:47	5:18
10	10.5	6:47	5:19
11	10.6	6:46	5:20
12	10.6	6:45	5:21
13	10.6	6:44	5:22
14	10.7	6:43	5:23
15	10.7	6:42	5:24
16	10.7	6:41	5:25
17	10.8	6:40	5:25
18	10.8	6:39	5:26
19	10.8	6:38	5:27
20	10.9	6:37	5:28
21	10.9	6:35	5:29
22	10.9	6:34	5:30
23	11.0	6:33	5:31
24	11.0	6:32	5:32
25	11.0	6:31	5:33
26	11.1	6:30	5:34
27	11.1	6:28	5:35
28	11.1	6:27	5:36

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.12 kWh/m² to a high of 8.65 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.37 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)	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.2	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Barstow?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Barstow for sightseeing.

What to pack for Barstow in February

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

In February, Barstow sees daytime highs around 62°F and nights near 41°F. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Barstow in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Barstow peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	5	8	8	11	11	11	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Barstow?

Barstow sits at 34.9°N, 117.0°W, 2,175 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Barstow Heights, 2.5 mi away.

Topography around Barstow

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Barstow.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Barstow has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 ft around an average of 2,211 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,096 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8,891 ft.

The land around Barstow is covered by bare terrain (55%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 2 miles, bare terrain (91%) within 10 miles, and bare terrain (69%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

525 ft

bare terrain 55%

10 miles

2,096 ft

bare terrain 91%

50 miles

8,891 ft

bare terrain 69%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: Barstow Heights 2.5 mi · Apple Valley 29 mi · Victorville 29 mi · Adelanto 31 mi · Hesperia 36 mi · Highland 54 mi · San Bernardino 57 mi · Rialto 58 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; 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 Barstow (34.8986°, -117.0228°, elevation 2,175 ft), 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).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	60	40
2	61	40
3	61	40
4	61	40
5	61	40
6	61	40
7	61	40
8	61	41
9	62	41
10	62	41
11	62	41
12	62	41
13	62	41
14	62	41
15	62	41
16	62	41
17	62	41
18	62	41
19	62	41
20	62	41
21	62	41
22	62	42
23	62	42
24	62	42
25	62	42
26	63	42
27	63	42
28	63	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	60	40
2	61	40
3	61	40
4	61	40
5	61	40
6	61	40
7	61	40
8	61	41
9	62	41
10	62	41
11	62	41
12	62	41
13	62	41
14	62	41
15	62	41
16	62	41
17	62	41
18	62	41
19	62	41
20	62	41
21	62	41
22	62	42
23	62	42
24	62	42
25	62	42
26	63	42
27	63	42
28	63	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	60	40
2	61	40
3	61	40
4	61	40
5	61	40
6	61	40
7	61	40
8	61	41
9	62	41
10	62	41
11	62	41
12	62	41
13	62	41
14	62	41
15	62	41
16	62	41
17	62	41
18	62	41
19	62	41
20	62	41
21	62	41
22	62	42
23	62	42
24	62	42
25	62	42
26	63	42
27	63	42
28	63	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	66	34
24	66	34
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	67	33

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

	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