February Weather at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 8°F, from 52°F to 60°F, rarely falling below 39°F or exceeding 71°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 6°F, from 35°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 23°F or exceeding 53°F.

For reference, on July 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport typically range from 71°F to 88°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 34°F to 51°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.

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The month of February at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 50% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is February 22, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 51% of the time.

For reference, on January 3, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 53%, while on October 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 67%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is essentially constant, remaining around 30% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 43% on July 8, and its lowest chance is 21% on October 28.

Over the course of February at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 26% to 28%, 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 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is gradually increasing, starting the month at 4.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.3 inches or falls below 1.9 inches, and ending the month at 4.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.2 inches or falls below 2.1 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during February at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.1 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 1.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.3 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of February at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 55 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 57 seconds, and weekly increase of 13 minutes, 38 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 10 hours, 32 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 11 hours, 26 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is 7:33 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 28 minutes earlier at 7:04 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 6:04 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 26 minutes later at 6:31 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is observed at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport 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 6:23 AM and sets 14 hours, 27 minutes later, at 8:50 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:37 AM and sets 9 hours, 52 minutes later, at 5:29 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 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 24, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 81% of the time, while on January 13, 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 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 5.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.5 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport throughout February is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 40% on February 1.

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 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport typically lasts for 8.0 months (243 days), from around March 18 to around November 16, rarely starting before February 25 or after April 7, and rarely ending before October 29 or after December 6.

The month of February at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport 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 1% to 15% 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 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport are gradually increasing during February, increasing by 74°F, from 45°F to 119°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 at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is gradually increasing during February, rising by 1.0 kWh, from 3.2 kWh to 4.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport are 34.276 deg latitude, -83.832 deg longitude, and 1,257 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 285 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,203 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (709 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (4,354 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport is covered by artificial surfaces (82%) and trees (18%), within 10 miles by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (14%), and within 50 miles by trees (66%) and artificial surfaces (16%).