Florence weather in February

In February, Florence sees average daytime highs of 70°F and overnight lows near 46°F, with 1.3 in of rain across 4.1 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 68°F in the first days to 71°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of February to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Florence's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Florence's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 70°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 46°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 1.3 in; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:17 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Florence is town in and county seat of Pinal County, Arizona, United States.

Density: 192/km²; people per km²

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 68°F in the first days to 71°F by the end.

A typical February day in Florence reaches about 70°F in the afternoon and slips back to 46°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 59°F and 80°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 3°F warmer than January and about 7°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)	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	72
Avg low (°F)	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	68	44
2	68	45
3	68	45
4	69	45
5	69	45
6	69	45
7	69	46
8	69	46
9	69	46
10	69	46
11	69	46
12	70	46
13	70	46
14	70	47
15	70	47
16	70	47
17	70	47
18	70	47
19	70	47
20	70	47
21	70	47
22	70	47
23	71	47
24	71	47
25	71	47
26	71	47
27	71	47
28	72	48

How February really feels in Florence

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.

Florence 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	66° / 43°	1.2	3.7	10.1	7.4
Feb	70° / 46°	1.3	4.1	10.8	7.6
Mar	77° / 51°	0.8	2.9	11.7	8.4
Apr	84° / 57°	0.3	1.3	12.8	7.2
May	93° / 65°	0.1	0.6	13.7	4.0
Jun	102° / 74°	0.1	0.6	14.1	0.7
Jul	104° / 81°	0.8	4.1	14	0.1
Aug	102° / 80°	1.1	4.5	13.2	0.6
Sep	98° / 74°	0.9	3.1	12.2	2.2
Oct	88° / 62°	0.5	2.5	11.2	5.9
Nov	75° / 51°	0.6	2.2	10.3	8.5
Dec	65° / 43°	1.1	4	9.9	7.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. 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 (%)	72	72	72	72	72	70	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	64	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	65	66	67	67	69
Cloudier (%)	28	28	28	28	28	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	35	34	33	33	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	69	31

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Florence gets around 1.3 in of rain over 4.1 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 14% and peaks near 16% 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 (%)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 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 48 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:27 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:15 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	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	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:27	5:51
2	10.4	7:27	5:52
3	10.4	7:26	5:53
4	10.5	7:25	5:54
5	10.5	7:25	5:54
6	10.5	7:24	5:55
7	10.6	7:23	5:56
8	10.6	7:23	5:57
9	10.6	7:22	5:58
10	10.6	7:21	5:59
11	10.7	7:20	6:00
12	10.7	7:19	6:01
13	10.7	7:18	6:02
14	10.8	7:18	6:03
15	10.8	7:17	6:04
16	10.8	7:16	6:05
17	10.8	7:15	6:05
18	10.9	7:14	6:06
19	10.9	7:13	6:07
20	10.9	7:12	6:08
21	11.0	7:11	6:09
22	11.0	7:10	6:10
23	11.0	7:09	6:11
24	11.1	7:07	6:12
25	11.1	7:06	6:12
26	11.1	7:05	6:13
27	11.2	7:04	6:14
28	11.2	7:03	6:15

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 4.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.24 kWh/m² to a high of 8.46 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 4.48 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)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	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	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	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	4.0	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.1	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Florence?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Florence for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Florence in February

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

In February, Florence sees daytime highs around 70°F and nights near 46°F. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Florence 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 Florence peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	5	8	9	11	11	11	9	6	5	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	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Florence 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 Florence is worst in June — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 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)	13	13	14	14	14	28	14	13	13	12	13	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Florence?

Florence sits at 33.0°N, 111.4°W, 1,490 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is San Tan Valley, 14 mi away.

Topography around Florence

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Florence has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 ft around an average of 1,503 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 922 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,251 ft.

The land around Florence is covered by bare terrain (47%) within 2 miles, shrubs (40%) and bare terrain (29%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (62%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

190 ft

bare terrain 47%

10 miles

922 ft

shrubs 40%

50 miles

7,251 ft

shrubs 62%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

February weather nearby: San Tan Valley 14 mi · Queen Creek 21 mi · Eloy 21 mi · Casa Grande 24 mi · Apache Junction 28 mi · Gilbert 32 mi · Chandler 32 mi · Mesa 37 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 Florence (33.0314°, -111.3873°, elevation 1,490 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	68	44
2	68	45
3	68	45
4	69	45
5	69	45
6	69	45
7	69	46
8	69	46
9	69	46
10	69	46
11	69	46
12	70	46
13	70	46
14	70	47
15	70	47
16	70	47
17	70	47
18	70	47
19	70	47
20	70	47
21	70	47
22	70	47
23	71	47
24	71	47
25	71	47
26	71	47
27	71	47
28	72	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	14
10	14
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
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	68	44
2	68	45
3	68	45
4	69	45
5	69	45
6	69	45
7	69	46
8	69	46
9	69	46
10	69	46
11	69	46
12	70	46
13	70	46
14	70	47
15	70	47
16	70	47
17	70	47
18	70	47
19	70	47
20	70	47
21	70	47
22	70	47
23	71	47
24	71	47
25	71	47
26	71	47
27	71	47
28	72	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	14
10	14
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
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	68	44
2	68	45
3	68	45
4	69	45
5	69	45
6	69	45
7	69	46
8	69	46
9	69	46
10	69	46
11	69	46
12	70	46
13	70	46
14	70	47
15	70	47
16	70	47
17	70	47
18	70	47
19	70	47
20	70	47
21	70	47
22	70	47
23	71	47
24	71	47
25	71	47
26	71	47
27	71	47
28	72	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	72	28
2	72	28
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	70	30
7	70	30
8	69	31
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	66	34
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	66	34
26	67	33
27	67	33
28	69	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	14
10	14
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	16
15	16
16	16
17	16
18	16
19	16
20	16
21	16
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