February Weather in Pioneer United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 2°F, from 54°F to 57°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 67°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 40°F, rarely falling below 31°F or exceeding 49°F.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Pioneer typically range from 64°F to 88°F, while on December 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 52°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Bodonal de la Sierra, Spain (5,696 miles away); Castejón, Spain (5,681 miles); and Monti, Italy (6,123 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Pioneer (view comparison).

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The month of February in Pioneer experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 57% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 58% on February 21.

The clearest day of the month is February 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 44% of the time.

For reference, on February 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 58%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 90%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Pioneer, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually increasing, starting the month at 31% and ending it at 34%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on February 21, and its lowest chance is 1% on July 31.

Over the course of February in Pioneer, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 30% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 3% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during February in Pioneer is essentially constant, remaining about 5.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 10.1 inches or falling below 1.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 5.2 inches on February 16.

Over the course of February in Pioneer, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 4 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 17 seconds, and weekly increase of 15 minutes, 58 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 10 hours, 16 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 11 hours, 20 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Pioneer is 7:07 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 33 minutes earlier at 6:34 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 5:24 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 31 minutes later at 5:55 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is observed in Pioneer during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during February, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:38 AM and sets 14 hours, 51 minutes later, at 8:29 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:16 AM and sets 9 hours, 29 minutes later, at 4:45 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for February 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Pioneer is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Pioneer is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.3 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.4 miles per hour, while on September 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Pioneer during February is predominantly out of the east from February 1 to February 16 and the south from February 16 to February 29.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Pioneer typically lasts for 8.1 months (247 days), from around March 25 to around November 27, rarely starting before February 11 or after April 18, and rarely ending before November 3 or after December 28.

The month of February in Pioneer is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season increasing from 7% to 24% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Pioneer are gradually increasing during February, increasing by 50°F, from 40°F to 90°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Pioneer is gradually increasing during February, rising by 1.0 kWh, from 2.9 kWh to 3.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Pioneer are 38.432 deg latitude, -120.572 deg longitude, and 2,979 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Pioneer contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,762 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,869 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,341 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (11,142 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Pioneer is covered by trees (56%) and shrubs (44%), within 10 miles by trees (60%) and shrubs (36%), and within 50 miles by trees (35%) and shrubs (25%).