Griffin weather in February

In February, Griffin sees average daytime highs of 58°F and overnight lows near 39°F, with 4.3 in of precipitation across 9.2 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 56°F in the first days to 61°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Griffin's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Griffin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 58°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 39°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 4.3 in; 9.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 48 min; 7:28 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 11th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Griffin is county seat of Spalding County, Georgia, United States.

Density: 638/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1841

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 56°F in the first days to 61°F by the end.

A typical February day in Griffin reaches about 58°F in the afternoon and slips back to 39°F overnight — a 19°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 46°F and 70°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 4°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)	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62
Avg low (°F)	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	56	36
2	56	36
3	56	37
4	56	37
5	56	37
6	56	37
7	57	37
8	57	37
9	57	38
10	57	38
11	58	38
12	58	38
13	58	38
14	58	39
15	59	39
16	59	39
17	59	40
18	59	40
19	60	40
20	60	41
21	60	41
22	60	41
23	61	41
24	61	41
25	61	42
26	61	42
27	62	42
28	62	42

How February really feels in Griffin

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 8 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.

Griffin 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	55° / 36°	4.0	9.8	10	3.5
Feb	58° / 39°	4.3	9.2	10.8	4.4
Mar	66° / 45°	4.3	10	11.7	6.1
Apr	74° / 53°	3.0	8.3	12.8	7.1
May	81° / 61°	3.0	8.9	13.7	6.5
Jun	86° / 69°	4.1	13.6	14.2	4.5
Jul	89° / 72°	4.3	15.4	14	3.7
Aug	88° / 71°	4.1	13.8	13.2	4.1
Sep	83° / 65°	3.7	8.9	12.2	6.1
Oct	74° / 54°	2.9	6.9	11.2	7.5
Nov	64° / 43°	3.5	7.7	10.3	6.2
Dec	56° / 38°	4.2	9.6	9.8	4.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	48	48	47	47	47	46	47	45	45	45	46	45	44	44	43	43	43	42	41	41	42	42	41	42	42	43	44	45
Cloudier (%)	52	52	53	53	53	54	53	55	55	55	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	58	59	59	58	58	59	58	58	57	56	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Griffin gets around 4.3 in of rain and snow over 9.2 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35

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 90% 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 (%)	95	94	94	94	94	94	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88
Comfortable (%)	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	4	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	91	7	2
13	91	7	2
14	91	7	2
15	90	8	2
16	90	8	2
17	90	8	2
18	90	8	2
19	88	9	3
20	88	9	3
21	88	9	3
22	88	9	3
23	88	9	3
24	88	9	3
25	88	9	3
26	88	9	3
27	88	9	3
28	88	9	3

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
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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	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	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 7:39 AM to 7:15 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:26 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	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	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	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:39	6:02
2	10.4	7:39	6:03
3	10.4	7:38	6:04
4	10.5	7:37	6:05
5	10.5	7:37	6:06
6	10.5	7:36	6:07
7	10.5	7:35	6:07
8	10.6	7:34	6:08
9	10.6	7:34	6:09
10	10.6	7:33	6:10
11	10.7	7:32	6:11
12	10.7	7:31	6:12
13	10.7	7:30	6:13
14	10.7	7:29	6:14
15	10.8	7:28	6:15
16	10.8	7:27	6:16
17	10.8	7:27	6:17
18	10.9	7:26	6:18
19	10.9	7:25	6:18
20	10.9	7:23	6:19
21	11.0	7:22	6:20
22	11.0	7:21	6:21
23	11.0	7:20	6:22
24	11.1	7:19	6:23
25	11.1	7:18	6:24
26	11.1	7:17	6:25
27	11.2	7:16	6:25
28	11.2	7:15	6:26

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.16 kWh/m² in May across the year — February's 3.38 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)	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9
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	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.2	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Griffin?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Griffin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Griffin in February

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

In February, Griffin sees daytime highs around 58°F and nights near 39°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Griffin 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 Griffin peaks around July 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 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	6	7	8	9	10	9	7	5	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Griffin 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 Griffin is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 8 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)	8	11	14	12	13	17	21	17	13	12	10	8
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	13	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Griffin?

Griffin sits at 33.2°N, 84.3°W, 978 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is McDonough, 16 mi away.

Topography around Griffin

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Griffin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 ft around an average of 919 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,581 ft.

The land around Griffin is covered by trees (62%) within 2 miles, trees (71%) and grassland (22%) within 10 miles, and trees (83%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

243 ft

trees 62%

10 miles

420 ft

trees 71%

50 miles

1,581 ft

trees 83%

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

February weather nearby: McDonough 16 mi · Fayetteville 18 mi · Stockbridge 21 mi · Peachtree City 22 mi · Riverdale 24 mi · Forest Park 27 mi · Union City 29 mi · East Point 32 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 Griffin (33.2468°, -84.2641°, elevation 978 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	56	36
2	56	36
3	56	37
4	56	37
5	56	37
6	56	37
7	57	37
8	57	37
9	57	38
10	57	38
11	58	38
12	58	38
13	58	38
14	58	39
15	59	39
16	59	39
17	59	40
18	59	40
19	60	40
20	60	41
21	60	41
22	60	41
23	61	41
24	61	41
25	61	42
26	61	42
27	62	42
28	62	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	4	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	91	7	2
13	91	7	2
14	91	7	2
15	90	8	2
16	90	8	2
17	90	8	2
18	90	8	2
19	88	9	3
20	88	9	3
21	88	9	3
22	88	9	3
23	88	9	3
24	88	9	3
25	88	9	3
26	88	9	3
27	88	9	3
28	88	9	3

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	56	36
2	56	36
3	56	37
4	56	37
5	56	37
6	56	37
7	57	37
8	57	37
9	57	38
10	57	38
11	58	38
12	58	38
13	58	38
14	58	39
15	59	39
16	59	39
17	59	40
18	59	40
19	60	40
20	60	41
21	60	41
22	60	41
23	61	41
24	61	41
25	61	42
26	61	42
27	62	42
28	62	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	4	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	91	7	2
13	91	7	2
14	91	7	2
15	90	8	2
16	90	8	2
17	90	8	2
18	90	8	2
19	88	9	3
20	88	9	3
21	88	9	3
22	88	9	3
23	88	9	3
24	88	9	3
25	88	9	3
26	88	9	3
27	88	9	3
28	88	9	3

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	56	36
2	56	36
3	56	37
4	56	37
5	56	37
6	56	37
7	57	37
8	57	37
9	57	38
10	57	38
11	58	38
12	58	38
13	58	38
14	58	39
15	59	39
16	59	39
17	59	40
18	59	40
19	60	40
20	60	41
21	60	41
22	60	41
23	61	41
24	61	41
25	61	42
26	61	42
27	62	42
28	62	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	41	59
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	44	56
28	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	31
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	31
8	31
9	31
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	35
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	35
27	35
28	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	4	1
2	94	5	1
3	94	5	1
4	94	5	1
5	94	5	1
6	94	5	1
7	92	6	2
8	92	6	2
9	92	6	2
10	92	6	2
11	92	6	2
12	91	7	2
13	91	7	2
14	91	7	2
15	90	8	2
16	90	8	2
17	90	8	2
18	90	8	2
19	88	9	3
20	88	9	3
21	88	9	3
22	88	9	3
23	88	9	3
24	88	9	3
25	88	9	3
26	88	9	3
27	88	9	3
28	88	9	3