Port Angeles weather in February

In February, Port Angeles sees average daytime highs of 40°F and overnight lows near 31°F, with 6.2 in of precipitation across 15.3 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 12 min at the start of February to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Port Angeles's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Port Angeles's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 40°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 31°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 6.2 in; 15.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 7:31 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Port Angeles is city and county seat of Clallam County, Washington State, United States.

Density: 517/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1890

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 40°F through the month.

A typical February day in Port Angeles reaches about 40°F in the afternoon and slips back to 31°F overnight — a 8°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°F and 46°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°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)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
Avg low (°F)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	40	32
2	40	32
3	40	32
4	40	32
5	40	32
6	40	32
7	40	32
8	40	32
9	40	32
10	40	32
11	40	32
12	40	32
13	40	32
14	40	32
15	40	31
16	40	31
17	40	31
18	40	31
19	40	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	31
23	40	31
24	40	31
25	40	31
26	40	31
27	40	31
28	40	31

How February really feels in Port Angeles

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.

Port Angeles 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° / 32°	9.1	19	13.2	8.6	0.0
Feb	40° / 31°	6.2	15.3	11.4	9.9	0.0
Mar	42° / 33°	7.2	19.3	15	11.6	0.2
Apr	46° / 36°	4.9	17.1	10	13.4	1.1
May	53° / 41°	3.8	14.6	2.9	14.9	2.8
Jun	58° / 46°	3.3	13.4	0.2	15.8	3.9
Jul	64° / 50°	1.6	7.2	0	15.4	6.3
Aug	64° / 51°	2.0	7.4	0	14.1	6.5
Sep	60° / 47°	2.6	9.2	0	12.4	5.0
Oct	51° / 41°	6.0	15	1.7	10.6	2.3
Nov	43° / 34°	9.4	19.1	10.3	9	0.4
Dec	38° / 31°	9.4	19	14.8	8.2	0.0

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 73%.

	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 (%)	21	23	22	22	22	23	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	79	77	78	78	78	77	76	75	75	74	73	73	72	73	72	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Port Angeles gets around 6.2 in of rain and snow over 15.3 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 56% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days, and about 11 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 (%)	57	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
Snow chance (%)	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	37
2	56	37
3	56	36
4	56	36
5	55	36
6	55	36
7	55	36
8	55	37
9	55	37
10	56	38
11	56	39
12	56	40
13	56	41
14	56	42
15	56	43
16	57	43
17	57	44
18	57	45
19	57	45
20	57	46
21	57	46
22	56	46
23	56	46
24	56	46
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	56	45
28	56	45

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
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
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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 9 h 12 min at the start of February to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 84 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 7:08 AM, and sunset from 5:03 PM to 5:46 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)	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:38	7:36	7:35	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:08
Sunset (PM)	5:03	5:05	5:06	5:08	5:09	5:11	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:24	5:25	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:32	5:33	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.2	7:51	5:03
2	9.2	7:50	5:05
3	9.3	7:49	5:06
4	9.3	7:48	5:08
5	9.4	7:46	5:09
6	9.4	7:45	5:11
7	9.5	7:44	5:13
8	9.5	7:42	5:14
9	9.6	7:41	5:16
10	9.6	7:39	5:17
11	9.7	7:38	5:19
12	9.7	7:36	5:20
13	9.8	7:35	5:22
14	9.8	7:33	5:24
15	9.9	7:31	5:25
16	10.0	7:30	5:27
17	10.0	7:28	5:28
18	10.1	7:26	5:30
19	10.1	7:25	5:32
20	10.2	7:23	5:33
21	10.2	7:21	5:35
22	10.3	7:19	5:36
23	10.3	7:18	5:38
24	10.4	7:16	5:40
25	10.5	7:14	5:41
26	10.5	7:12	5:43
27	10.6	7:10	5:44
28	10.6	7:08	5:46

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 1.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.47 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 1.99 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)	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.4	Dim
2	1.5	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.6	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.6	Dim
7	1.7	Dim
8	1.7	Dim
9	1.7	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	2.0	Dim
16	2.0	Moderate
17	2.1	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.4	Moderate
24	2.4	Moderate
25	2.4	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Port Angeles

In seasonPeak

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

Port Angeles's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Port Angeles?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Port Angeles.

What to pack for Port Angeles in February

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

In February, Port Angeles sees daytime highs around 40°F and nights near 31°F. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Port Angeles in February

The nearest coast averages about 46°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 53°F and coldest in January near 46°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)	46	46	47	48	50	52	53	53	52	50	49	47
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°F)	Comfort
Jan	46	Bracing
Feb	46	Bracing
Mar	47	Bracing
Apr	48	Bracing
May	50	Bracing
Jun	52	Bracing
Jul	53	Bracing
Aug	53	Bracing
Sep	52	Bracing
Oct	50	Bracing
Nov	49	Bracing
Dec	47	Bracing

UV index in Port Angeles in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Port Angeles peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 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)	1	1	4	5	7	6	9	7	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Port Angeles?

Port Angeles sits at 48.1°N, 123.4°W, 72 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Victoria-Downtown, 22 mi away.

Topography around Port Angeles

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Port Angeles has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 ft around an average of 154 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,348 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,720 ft.

The land around Port Angeles is covered by water (41%) and trees (26%) within 2 miles, water (46%) and trees (45%) within 10 miles, and trees (61%) and water (33%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

604 ft

water 41%

10 miles

6,348 ft

water 46%

50 miles

7,720 ft

trees 61%

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

February weather nearby: Victoria-Downtown 22 mi · Colwood 22 mi · Esquimalt 22 mi · Victoria 22 mi · Sooke 22 mi · Langford 23 mi · Oak Bay 24 mi · Carey 24 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 Port Angeles (48.1181°, -123.4307°, elevation 72 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. 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	40	32
2	40	32
3	40	32
4	40	32
5	40	32
6	40	32
7	40	32
8	40	32
9	40	32
10	40	32
11	40	32
12	40	32
13	40	32
14	40	32
15	40	31
16	40	31
17	40	31
18	40	31
19	40	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	31
23	40	31
24	40	31
25	40	31
26	40	31
27	40	31
28	40	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	37
2	56	37
3	56	36
4	56	36
5	55	36
6	55	36
7	55	36
8	55	37
9	55	37
10	56	38
11	56	39
12	56	40
13	56	41
14	56	42
15	56	43
16	57	43
17	57	44
18	57	45
19	57	45
20	57	46
21	57	46
22	56	46
23	56	46
24	56	46
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	56	45
28	56	45

	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	40	32
2	40	32
3	40	32
4	40	32
5	40	32
6	40	32
7	40	32
8	40	32
9	40	32
10	40	32
11	40	32
12	40	32
13	40	32
14	40	32
15	40	31
16	40	31
17	40	31
18	40	31
19	40	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	31
23	40	31
24	40	31
25	40	31
26	40	31
27	40	31
28	40	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	37
2	56	37
3	56	36
4	56	36
5	55	36
6	55	36
7	55	36
8	55	37
9	55	37
10	56	38
11	56	39
12	56	40
13	56	41
14	56	42
15	56	43
16	57	43
17	57	44
18	57	45
19	57	45
20	57	46
21	57	46
22	56	46
23	56	46
24	56	46
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	56	45
28	56	45

	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	40	32
2	40	32
3	40	32
4	40	32
5	40	32
6	40	32
7	40	32
8	40	32
9	40	32
10	40	32
11	40	32
12	40	32
13	40	32
14	40	32
15	40	31
16	40	31
17	40	31
18	40	31
19	40	31
20	40	31
21	40	31
22	40	31
23	40	31
24	40	31
25	40	31
26	40	31
27	40	31
28	40	31

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	23	77
3	22	78
4	22	78
5	22	78
6	23	77
7	24	76
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	26	74
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	31	69
22	31	69
23	31	69
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	30	70
28	30	70

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	57	37
2	56	37
3	56	36
4	56	36
5	55	36
6	55	36
7	55	36
8	55	37
9	55	37
10	56	38
11	56	39
12	56	40
13	56	41
14	56	42
15	56	43
16	57	43
17	57	44
18	57	45
19	57	45
20	57	46
21	57	46
22	56	46
23	56	46
24	56	46
25	56	45
26	56	45
27	56	45
28	56	45

	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