Bend weather in February

In February, Bend sees average daytime highs of 42°F and overnight lows near 27°F, with 2.2 in of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Bend's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bend's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 42°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 27°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 2.2 in; 10.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:14 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.3; out of 10

Bend is city in and county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.

Density: 1,010/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1905

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 42°F through the month.

A typical February day in Bend reaches about 42°F in the afternoon and slips back to 27°F overnight — a 15°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°F and 53°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°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)	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44
Avg low (°F)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	42	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	27
18	43	27
19	43	27
20	43	27
21	43	27
22	43	27
23	43	27
24	43	27
25	43	27
26	43	27
27	44	27
28	44	27

How February really feels in Bend

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 28 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

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

Bend weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	39° / 26°	2.8	12.2	8.8	9.1	0.0
Feb	42° / 27°	2.2	10.9	8.2	10.2	0.3
Mar	48° / 30°	2.2	12.1	7.7	11.6	1.7
Apr	55° / 33°	1.8	11.5	4.3	13.2	3.3
May	64° / 40°	1.8	9.7	1	14.5	5.7
Jun	72° / 45°	1.0	6.7	0.1	15.2	7.4
Jul	82° / 52°	0.6	3.7	0	15	7.3
Aug	82° / 51°	0.5	3.9	0	13.8	7.6
Sep	73° / 45°	0.6	3.4	0.1	12.3	8.2
Oct	60° / 37°	1.4	6.8	1	10.8	5.3
Nov	46° / 30°	2.7	11.6	6.2	9.4	1.2
Dec	38° / 26°	3.8	13	10.7	8.8	0.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 67%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Bend gets around 2.2 in of rain and snow over 10.9 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Snow chance (%)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	32	32

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	26
2	37	26
3	37	26
4	37	26
5	37	26
6	38	26
7	38	26
8	38	26
9	38	27
10	39	27
11	39	27
12	39	28
13	39	28
14	39	28
15	39	29
16	39	29
17	39	30
18	39	30
19	39	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	32
23	40	32
24	40	32
25	40	33
26	40	33
27	40	32
28	40	32

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
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23	7	calm
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 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:31 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:43 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)	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:54
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:20	5:21	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:31	5:06
2	9.6	7:30	5:08
3	9.7	7:29	5:09
4	9.7	7:28	5:10
5	9.7	7:27	5:12
6	9.8	7:26	5:13
7	9.8	7:25	5:14
8	9.9	7:24	5:16
9	9.9	7:22	5:17
10	10.0	7:21	5:18
11	10.0	7:20	5:20
12	10.0	7:18	5:21
13	10.1	7:17	5:23
14	10.1	7:16	5:24
15	10.2	7:14	5:25
16	10.2	7:13	5:27
17	10.3	7:12	5:28
18	10.3	7:10	5:29
19	10.4	7:09	5:31
20	10.4	7:07	5:32
21	10.5	7:06	5:33
22	10.5	7:04	5:35
23	10.6	7:03	5:36
24	10.6	7:01	5:38
25	10.7	6:59	5:39
26	10.7	6:58	5:40
27	10.8	6:56	5:42
28	10.8	6:54	5:43

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.85 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	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5
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	2.3	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Bend

In seasonPeak

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

Bend's rainy season runs November–May, 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 Bend?

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

0.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bend.

What to pack for Bend in February

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

In February, Bend sees daytime highs around 42°F and nights near 27°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Bend 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 Bend peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 1 (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	8	9	7	5	4	2	1
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	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Bend 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 Bend is worst in September — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 23.9× the cleanest month (January, 3 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)	3	5	6	11	9	8	8	46	81	12	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Poor	Unhealthy	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	3	Good
Feb	5	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	46	Poor
Sep	81	Unhealthy
Oct	12	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Bend?

Bend sits at 44.1°N, 121.3°W, 3,629 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Redmond, 16 mi away.

Topography around Bend

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Bend has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 722 ft around an average of 3,717 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,628 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,180 ft.

The land around Bend is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (40%) within 2 miles, grassland (48%) and trees (43%) within 10 miles, and trees (57%) and grassland (38%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

722 ft

artificial surfaces 47%

10 miles

2,628 ft

grassland 48%

50 miles

9,180 ft

trees 57%

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

February weather nearby: Redmond 16 mi · Springfield 85 mi · Lebanon 85 mi · Eugene 88 mi · Albany 97 mi · Four Corners 102 mi · Corvallis 103 mi · Hayesville 104 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 Bend (44.0582°, -121.3153°, elevation 3,629 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. 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	41	27
2	41	27
3	42	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	27
18	43	27
19	43	27
20	43	27
21	43	27
22	43	27
23	43	27
24	43	27
25	43	27
26	43	27
27	44	27
28	44	27

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	26
2	37	26
3	37	26
4	37	26
5	37	26
6	38	26
7	38	26
8	38	26
9	38	27
10	39	27
11	39	27
12	39	28
13	39	28
14	39	28
15	39	29
16	39	29
17	39	30
18	39	30
19	39	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	32
23	40	32
24	40	32
25	40	33
26	40	33
27	40	32
28	40	32

	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	41	27
2	41	27
3	42	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	27
18	43	27
19	43	27
20	43	27
21	43	27
22	43	27
23	43	27
24	43	27
25	43	27
26	43	27
27	44	27
28	44	27

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	26
2	37	26
3	37	26
4	37	26
5	37	26
6	38	26
7	38	26
8	38	26
9	38	27
10	39	27
11	39	27
12	39	28
13	39	28
14	39	28
15	39	29
16	39	29
17	39	30
18	39	30
19	39	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	32
23	40	32
24	40	32
25	40	33
26	40	33
27	40	32
28	40	32

	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	41	27
2	41	27
3	42	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	27
7	42	27
8	42	27
9	42	27
10	42	27
11	42	27
12	42	27
13	42	27
14	42	27
15	42	27
16	42	27
17	42	27
18	43	27
19	43	27
20	43	27
21	43	27
22	43	27
23	43	27
24	43	27
25	43	27
26	43	27
27	44	27
28	44	27

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	26
2	37	26
3	37	26
4	37	26
5	37	26
6	38	26
7	38	26
8	38	26
9	38	27
10	39	27
11	39	27
12	39	28
13	39	28
14	39	28
15	39	29
16	39	29
17	39	30
18	39	30
19	39	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	32
23	40	32
24	40	32
25	40	33
26	40	33
27	40	32
28	40	32

	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