Bayside weather in February

In February, Bayside sees average daytime highs of 52°F and overnight lows near 41°F, with 7.1 in of precipitation across 13.1 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 52°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Bayside's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayside's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 52°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 41°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 7.1 in; 13.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:19 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; out of 10

Bayside is unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.

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 52°F through the month.

A typical February day in Bayside reaches about 52°F in the afternoon and slips back to 41°F overnight — a 11°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 44°F and 59°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with 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)	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51
Avg low (°F)	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	52	41
2	52	41
3	52	41
4	52	41
5	52	41
6	52	41
7	52	41
8	52	41
9	52	41
10	52	41
11	52	41
12	52	41
13	52	41
14	52	41
15	52	41
16	51	41
17	51	41
18	51	41
19	51	41
20	51	41
21	51	41
22	51	41
23	51	41
24	51	41
25	51	41
26	51	41
27	51	41
28	51	41

Bayside weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	51° / 41°	8.6	15.4	1.8	9.4	2.2
Feb	52° / 41°	7.1	13.1	2.4	10.4	2.4
Mar	53° / 42°	7.4	14.7	2.7	11.7	2.6
Apr	55° / 44°	4.4	11.8	1	13.1	3.3
May	58° / 47°	2.4	7.2	0.1	14.2	4.7
Jun	62° / 50°	1.0	3.8	0	14.9	6.3
Jul	66° / 53°	0.1	0.8	0	14.6	8.0
Aug	67° / 53°	0.2	0.9	0	13.6	8.1
Sep	66° / 52°	0.7	2.5	0	12.3	7.7
Oct	61° / 48°	3.2	6.4	0	10.9	5.9
Nov	55° / 44°	6.2	12.3	0.5	9.7	3.2
Dec	50° / 40°	10.1	15.4	1.7	9.1	2.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 66%.

	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 (%)	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	34	34	35	34	34	34	35	34	34	34	33	33	34	33	33	33	33	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	67	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	66	66	65	66	66	66	65	66	66	66	67	67	66	67	67	67	67	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Bayside gets around 7.1 in of rain and snow over 13.1 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 47% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	51
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	5
2	44	5
3	44	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	43	6
8	43	6
9	44	7
10	44	7
11	45	8
12	45	8
13	46	9
14	47	9
15	47	10
16	48	10
17	48	10
18	49	11
19	50	11
20	50	11
21	51	11
22	51	11
23	52	11
24	52	11
25	52	11
26	52	11
27	52	11
28	51	11

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 7 mph on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
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16	7	calm
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24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:34 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:58 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)	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	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	10.8	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02
Sunset (PM)	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:34	5:25
2	9.9	7:33	5:26
3	9.9	7:33	5:28
4	10.0	7:32	5:29
5	10.0	7:31	5:30
6	10.0	7:30	5:31
7	10.1	7:29	5:32
8	10.1	7:28	5:34
9	10.1	7:27	5:35
10	10.2	7:25	5:36
11	10.2	7:24	5:37
12	10.3	7:23	5:39
13	10.3	7:22	5:40
14	10.3	7:21	5:41
15	10.4	7:19	5:42
16	10.4	7:18	5:43
17	10.5	7:17	5:45
18	10.5	7:16	5:46
19	10.5	7:14	5:47
20	10.6	7:13	5:48
21	10.6	7:12	5:49
22	10.7	7:10	5:51
23	10.7	7:09	5:52
24	10.8	7:07	5:53
25	10.8	7:06	5:54
26	10.8	7:05	5:55
27	10.9	7:03	5:57
28	10.9	7:02	5:58

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.65 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.74 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)	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	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	2.3	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Bayside

In seasonPeak

In February, Bayside sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bayside's rainy season runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Bayside?

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

2.4

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 Bayside.

What to pack for Bayside in February

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

In February, Bayside sees daytime highs around 52°F and nights near 41°F. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Bayside in February

The nearest coast averages about 52°F in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 55°F and coldest in March near 51°F.

The water stays below 68°F all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°F)	52	52	51	52	52	53	54	55	55	54	53	53
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°F)	Comfort
Jan	52	Bracing
Feb	52	Bracing
Mar	51	Bracing
Apr	52	Bracing
May	52	Bracing
Jun	53	Bracing
Jul	54	Bracing
Aug	55	Bracing
Sep	55	Bracing
Oct	54	Bracing
Nov	53	Bracing
Dec	53	Bracing

UV index in Bayside in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bayside peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 2 (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)	2	3	5	6	9	10	9	8	5	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Bayside 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 Bayside is worst in September — around 116 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 23.7× the cleanest month (January, 5 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)	5	7	7	7	6	6	12	85	116	16	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	5	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	85	Unhealthy
Sep	116	Unhealthy
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Bayside?

Bayside sits at 40.8°N, 124.1°W, 30 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Arcata, 1.9 mi away.

Topography around Bayside

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Bayside has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,362 ft around an average of 285 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,920 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,415 ft.

The land around Bayside is covered by trees (61%) and grassland (20%) within 2 miles, trees (62%) and water (22%) within 10 miles, and trees (68%) and water (26%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

1,362 ft

trees 61%

10 miles

2,920 ft

trees 62%

50 miles

7,415 ft

trees 68%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: Arcata 1.9 mi · Eureka 6.2 mi · McKinleyville 7.5 mi · Redding 89 mi · Grants Pass 117 mi · Ashland 117 mi · Medford 119 mi · Central Point 121 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 Bayside (40.8424°, -124.0637°, elevation 30 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. 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. 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	52	41
2	52	41
3	52	41
4	52	41
5	52	41
6	52	41
7	52	41
8	52	41
9	52	41
10	52	41
11	52	41
12	52	41
13	52	41
14	52	41
15	52	41
16	51	41
17	51	41
18	51	41
19	51	41
20	51	41
21	51	41
22	51	41
23	51	41
24	51	41
25	51	41
26	51	41
27	51	41
28	51	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	5
2	44	5
3	44	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	43	6
8	43	6
9	44	7
10	44	7
11	45	8
12	45	8
13	46	9
14	47	9
15	47	10
16	48	10
17	48	10
18	49	11
19	50	11
20	50	11
21	51	11
22	51	11
23	52	11
24	52	11
25	52	11
26	52	11
27	52	11
28	51	11

	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	52	41
2	52	41
3	52	41
4	52	41
5	52	41
6	52	41
7	52	41
8	52	41
9	52	41
10	52	41
11	52	41
12	52	41
13	52	41
14	52	41
15	52	41
16	51	41
17	51	41
18	51	41
19	51	41
20	51	41
21	51	41
22	51	41
23	51	41
24	51	41
25	51	41
26	51	41
27	51	41
28	51	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	5
2	44	5
3	44	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	43	6
8	43	6
9	44	7
10	44	7
11	45	8
12	45	8
13	46	9
14	47	9
15	47	10
16	48	10
17	48	10
18	49	11
19	50	11
20	50	11
21	51	11
22	51	11
23	52	11
24	52	11
25	52	11
26	52	11
27	52	11
28	51	11

	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	52	41
2	52	41
3	52	41
4	52	41
5	52	41
6	52	41
7	52	41
8	52	41
9	52	41
10	52	41
11	52	41
12	52	41
13	52	41
14	52	41
15	52	41
16	51	41
17	51	41
18	51	41
19	51	41
20	51	41
21	51	41
22	51	41
23	51	41
24	51	41
25	51	41
26	51	41
27	51	41
28	51	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	45	5
2	44	5
3	44	5
4	43	5
5	43	5
6	43	6
7	43	6
8	43	6
9	44	7
10	44	7
11	45	8
12	45	8
13	46	9
14	47	9
15	47	10
16	48	10
17	48	10
18	49	11
19	50	11
20	50	11
21	51	11
22	51	11
23	52	11
24	52	11
25	52	11
26	52	11
27	52	11
28	51	11

	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