Canyon Country weather in February

In February, Canyon Country sees average daytime highs of 61°F and overnight lows near 42°F, with 3.2 in of precipitation across 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 61°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Canyon Country's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Canyon Country's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 61°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 42°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 3.2 in; 7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:47 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Canyon Country is neighborhood in the eastern part of the city of Santa Clarita, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.

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 61°F through the month.

A typical February day in Canyon Country reaches about 61°F in the afternoon and slips back to 42°F overnight — a 19°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 51°F and 72°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 4°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)	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62
Avg low (°F)	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42

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

Canyon Country 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	60° / 41°	2.8	5.7	10	5.3
Feb	61° / 42°	3.2	7	10.7	5.5
Mar	65° / 44°	2.2	6	11.7	6.7
Apr	70° / 48°	0.8	3.5	12.8	7.9
May	76° / 53°	0.4	2.1	13.8	8.8
Jun	82° / 59°	0.1	0.4	14.3	8.2
Jul	87° / 64°	0.1	0.8	14.1	6.3
Aug	89° / 65°	0.0	0.2	13.3	5.9
Sep	85° / 61°	0.2	0.7	12.2	7.2
Oct	77° / 54°	0.6	2.5	11.1	8.7
Nov	67° / 46°	0.7	3	10.2	7.6
Dec	59° / 40°	2.0	5.2	9.7	5.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	55
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Canyon Country gets around 3.2 in of rain and snow over 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 precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27

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

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 5 mph in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
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27	5	calm
28	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:42 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	10.4	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	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33
Sunset (PM)	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:58	5:16
2	10.3	6:58	5:17
3	10.4	6:57	5:18
4	10.4	6:56	5:19
5	10.4	6:56	5:20
6	10.4	6:55	5:21
7	10.5	6:54	5:22
8	10.5	6:53	5:23
9	10.5	6:52	5:24
10	10.6	6:52	5:25
11	10.6	6:51	5:26
12	10.6	6:50	5:27
13	10.7	6:49	5:28
14	10.7	6:48	5:29
15	10.7	6:47	5:30
16	10.8	6:46	5:31
17	10.8	6:45	5:32
18	10.8	6:44	5:33
19	10.8	6:43	5:34
20	10.9	6:42	5:35
21	10.9	6:41	5:36
22	10.9	6:40	5:37
23	11.0	6:38	5:37
24	11.0	6:37	5:38
25	11.1	6:36	5:39
26	11.1	6:35	5:40
27	11.1	6:34	5:41
28	11.2	6:33	5:42

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.98 kWh/m² to a high of 8.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.05 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)	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Canyon Country?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Canyon Country for sightseeing.

What to pack for Canyon Country in February

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

In February, Canyon Country sees daytime highs around 61°F and nights near 42°F. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Canyon Country in February

The nearest coast averages about 59°F 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 39 mi away) is warmest in August at about 68°F and coldest in February near 59°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Aug 4 to Sep 13 — about 1.3 months when the water holds above 68°F.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°F)	59	59	59	59	62	65	67	68	68	66	63	60
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°F)	Comfort
Jan	59	Bracing
Feb	59	Bracing
Mar	59	Bracing
Apr	59	Cool
May	62	Cool
Jun	65	Cool
Jul	67	Cool
Aug	68	Refreshing
Sep	68	Refreshing
Oct	66	Cool
Nov	63	Cool
Dec	60	Cool

UV index in Canyon Country 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 Canyon Country peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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)	4	5	5	8	8	11	11	11	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
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

Air quality in Canyon Country 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 Canyon Country is worst in December — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (May, 12 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)	18	17	17	15	12	14	25	26	24	18	23	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	12	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Canyon Country?

Canyon Country sits at 34.4°N, 118.5°W, 1,342 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Santa Clarita, 4.3 mi away.

Topography around Canyon Country

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Canyon Country has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 932 ft around an average of 1,549 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,944 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10,013 ft.

The land around Canyon Country is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and grassland (20%) within 2 miles, grassland (34%) and shrubs (30%) within 10 miles, and grassland (32%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

932 ft

artificial surfaces 48%

10 miles

3,944 ft

grassland 34%

50 miles

10,013 ft

grassland 32%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Santa Clarita 4.3 mi · Stevenson Ranch 6.2 mi · Valencia 8.1 mi · Sylmar 8.1 mi · Castaic 9.9 mi · San Fernando 9.9 mi · North Hills 13 mi · Chatsworth 14 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 Canyon Country (34.4233°, -118.472°, elevation 1,342 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	61	41
2	61	41
3	61	41
4	61	42
5	61	42
6	61	42
7	61	42
8	61	42
9	61	42
10	61	42
11	61	42
12	61	42
13	61	42
14	61	42
15	61	42
16	61	42
17	61	42
18	61	42
19	61	42
20	61	42
21	61	42
22	61	42
23	61	42
24	61	42
25	61	42
26	61	42
27	61	42
28	62	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

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

	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	61	41
2	61	41
3	61	41
4	61	42
5	61	42
6	61	42
7	61	42
8	61	42
9	61	42
10	61	42
11	61	42
12	61	42
13	61	42
14	61	42
15	61	42
16	61	42
17	61	42
18	61	42
19	61	42
20	61	42
21	61	42
22	61	42
23	61	42
24	61	42
25	61	42
26	61	42
27	61	42
28	62	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

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

	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	61	41
2	61	41
3	61	41
4	61	42
5	61	42
6	61	42
7	61	42
8	61	42
9	61	42
10	61	42
11	61	42
12	61	42
13	61	42
14	61	42
15	61	42
16	61	42
17	61	42
18	61	42
19	61	42
20	61	42
21	61	42
22	61	42
23	61	42
24	61	42
25	61	42
26	61	42
27	61	42
28	62	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	57	43
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	56	44
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

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

	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