Yarmouth weather in February

In February, Yarmouth sees average daytime highs of 38°F and overnight lows near 30°F, with 3.8 in of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Yarmouth's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yarmouth's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 38°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 30°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 3.8 in; 10 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:46 AM – 5:05 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 9th clearest
Wind: 16 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Yarmouth is town in Massachusetts, United States.

Density: 345/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1639

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 38°F through the month.

A typical February day in Yarmouth reaches about 38°F in the afternoon and slips back to 30°F overnight — a 8°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°F and 45°F. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 3°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)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39
Avg low (°F)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	37	29
2	37	29
3	37	29
4	37	29
5	37	29
6	37	29
7	37	29
8	37	29
9	37	29
10	37	29
11	37	29
12	37	29
13	37	29
14	38	29
15	38	29
16	38	30
17	38	30
18	38	30
19	38	30
20	38	30
21	38	31
22	38	31
23	38	31
24	38	31
25	38	31
26	38	31
27	39	31
28	39	31

How February really feels in Yarmouth

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.

Yarmouth weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	38° / 30°	4.3	11.2	4.7	9.3	0.0
Feb	38° / 30°	3.8	10	4.7	10.3	0.0
Mar	41° / 34°	4.8	11.2	3.7	11.7	0.1
Apr	47° / 42°	4.3	11.3	0.6	13.1	1.5
May	55° / 50°	3.6	10.3	0	14.3	3.5
Jun	64° / 60°	3.2	8.2	0	15	5.9
Jul	71° / 67°	2.5	7.7	0	14.7	7.0
Aug	71° / 67°	3.1	7.8	0	13.7	7.1
Sep	66° / 62°	4.0	8.3	0	12.3	6.5
Oct	59° / 54°	4.8	10.1	0	10.9	4.6
Nov	51° / 44°	4.4	10	0.3	9.6	2.4
Dec	43° / 36°	5.1	12	2.8	9	0.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	44	44	44	44	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	44	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	42	42	43	43	43	43	43
Cloudier (%)	56	56	56	56	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	56	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	58	58	57	57	57	57	57

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

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Yarmouth gets around 3.8 in of rain and snow over 10 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 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 5 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
Snow chance (%)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	16
2	34	16
3	34	16
4	34	16
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	35	17
8	35	17
9	35	17
10	35	17
11	35	17
12	35	17
13	36	17
14	36	17
15	36	17
16	36	17
17	36	17
18	37	17
19	37	17
20	37	16
21	37	16
22	37	16
23	37	16
24	37	16
25	37	16
26	37	16
27	37	16
28	37	16

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 16 mph in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 16 mph on the calmest days to 17 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	17	breezy
2	17	breezy
3	17	breezy
4	17	breezy
5	17	breezy
6	17	breezy
7	17	breezy
8	17	breezy
9	17	breezy
10	17	breezy
11	17	breezy
12	17	breezy
13	17	breezy
14	17	breezy
15	17	breezy
16	17	breezy
17	16	breezy
18	16	breezy
19	16	breezy
20	16	breezy
21	16	breezy
22	16	breezy
23	16	breezy
24	16	breezy
25	16	breezy
26	17	breezy
27	17	breezy
28	17	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 4:48 PM to 5:21 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)	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:27
Sunset (PM)	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:01	4:48
2	9.8	7:00	4:49
3	9.9	6:59	4:50
4	9.9	6:58	4:51
5	9.9	6:57	4:53
6	10.0	6:56	4:54
7	10.0	6:55	4:55
8	10.0	6:54	4:57
9	10.1	6:53	4:58
10	10.1	6:52	4:59
11	10.2	6:51	5:00
12	10.2	6:49	5:02
13	10.2	6:48	5:03
14	10.3	6:47	5:04
15	10.3	6:46	5:05
16	10.4	6:44	5:07
17	10.4	6:43	5:08
18	10.5	6:42	5:09
19	10.5	6:40	5:10
20	10.5	6:39	5:12
21	10.6	6:38	5:13
22	10.6	6:36	5:14
23	10.7	6:35	5:15
24	10.7	6:33	5:17
25	10.8	6:32	5:18
26	10.8	6:30	5:19
27	10.9	6:29	5:20
28	10.9	6:27	5:21

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.84 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)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3
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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Yarmouth

In seasonPeak

None of Yarmouth's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Yarmouth sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane

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Is February a good time to visit Yarmouth?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yarmouth.

What to pack for Yarmouth in February

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

In February, Yarmouth sees daytime highs around 38°F and nights near 30°F. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Yarmouth in February

The nearest coast averages about 38°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 68°F and coldest in February near 38°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)	40	38	38	43	50	59	66	68	65	58	51	45
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°F)	Comfort
Jan	40	Bracing
Feb	38	Bracing
Mar	38	Bracing
Apr	43	Bracing
May	50	Bracing
Jun	59	Bracing
Jul	66	Cool
Aug	68	Refreshing
Sep	65	Cool
Oct	58	Bracing
Nov	51	Bracing
Dec	45	Bracing

UV index in Yarmouth 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 Yarmouth peaks around June 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 23 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	4	5	7	8	8	5	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	7	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Yarmouth?

Yarmouth sits at 41.7°N, 70.2°W, 33 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Barnstable, 3.7 mi away.

Topography around Yarmouth

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Yarmouth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 ft around an average of 46 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 630 ft.

The land around Yarmouth is covered by trees (60%) within 2 miles, water (61%) and trees (30%) within 10 miles, and water (75%) and trees (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

151 ft

trees 60%

10 miles

253 ft

water 61%

50 miles

630 ft

water 75%

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

February weather nearby: Barnstable 3.7 mi · Provincetown 24 mi · Duxbury 32 mi · Fairhaven 35 mi · New Bedford 37 mi · Middleborough 37 mi · Hanover 41 mi · Rockland 46 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 Yarmouth (41.7057°, -70.2286°, elevation 33 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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	37	29
2	37	29
3	37	29
4	37	29
5	37	29
6	37	29
7	37	29
8	37	29
9	37	29
10	37	29
11	37	29
12	37	29
13	37	29
14	38	29
15	38	29
16	38	30
17	38	30
18	38	30
19	38	30
20	38	30
21	38	31
22	38	31
23	38	31
24	38	31
25	38	31
26	38	31
27	39	31
28	39	31

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	16
2	34	16
3	34	16
4	34	16
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	35	17
8	35	17
9	35	17
10	35	17
11	35	17
12	35	17
13	36	17
14	36	17
15	36	17
16	36	17
17	36	17
18	37	17
19	37	17
20	37	16
21	37	16
22	37	16
23	37	16
24	37	16
25	37	16
26	37	16
27	37	16
28	37	16

	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	37	29
2	37	29
3	37	29
4	37	29
5	37	29
6	37	29
7	37	29
8	37	29
9	37	29
10	37	29
11	37	29
12	37	29
13	37	29
14	38	29
15	38	29
16	38	30
17	38	30
18	38	30
19	38	30
20	38	30
21	38	31
22	38	31
23	38	31
24	38	31
25	38	31
26	38	31
27	39	31
28	39	31

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	16
2	34	16
3	34	16
4	34	16
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	35	17
8	35	17
9	35	17
10	35	17
11	35	17
12	35	17
13	36	17
14	36	17
15	36	17
16	36	17
17	36	17
18	37	17
19	37	17
20	37	16
21	37	16
22	37	16
23	37	16
24	37	16
25	37	16
26	37	16
27	37	16
28	37	16

	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	37	29
2	37	29
3	37	29
4	37	29
5	37	29
6	37	29
7	37	29
8	37	29
9	37	29
10	37	29
11	37	29
12	37	29
13	37	29
14	38	29
15	38	29
16	38	30
17	38	30
18	38	30
19	38	30
20	38	30
21	38	31
22	38	31
23	38	31
24	38	31
25	38	31
26	38	31
27	39	31
28	39	31

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	16
2	34	16
3	34	16
4	34	16
5	34	17
6	34	17
7	35	17
8	35	17
9	35	17
10	35	17
11	35	17
12	35	17
13	36	17
14	36	17
15	36	17
16	36	17
17	36	17
18	37	17
19	37	17
20	37	16
21	37	16
22	37	16
23	37	16
24	37	16
25	37	16
26	37	16
27	37	16
28	37	16

	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