February Weather at Le Mans-Arnage France

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 47°F to 51°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 59°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 35°F, rarely falling below 25°F or exceeding 46°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 35°F on February 9.

For reference, on July 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Le Mans-Arnage typically range from 58°F to 78°F, while on February 9, the coldest day of the year, they range from 35°F to 47°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 Le Mans-Arnage experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 67% to 61%.

The clearest day of the month is February 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 39% of the time.

For reference, on January 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 73%, while on July 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 64%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Le Mans-Arnage, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 27% and ending it at 21%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on December 29, and its lowest chance is 17% on August 23.

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 Le Mans-Arnage is essentially constant, remaining about 1.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.2 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of February at Le Mans-Arnage, 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, 30 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 14 seconds, and weekly increase of 22 minutes, 36 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 9 hours, 31 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 11 hours, 1 minute of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Le Mans-Arnage is 8:27 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 46 minutes earlier at 7:41 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 5:58 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 44 minutes later at 6:42 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is observed at Le Mans-Arnage 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 5:59 AM and sets 16 hours, 2 minutes later, at 10:02 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:46 AM and sets 8 hours, 23 minutes later, at 5:08 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 Le Mans-Arnage is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 5% of the time, while on October 21, 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 Le Mans-Arnage is gradually decreasing during February, decreasing from 11.2 miles per hour to 10.4 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.3 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Le Mans-Arnage throughout February is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 30% on February 17.

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 Le Mans-Arnage typically lasts for 7.0 months (212 days), from around April 7 to around November 5, rarely starting before March 11 or after April 26, and rarely ending before October 14 or after November 29.

The month of February at Le Mans-Arnage is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

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 Le Mans-Arnage are essentially constant during February, remaining within 8°F of 20°F throughout.

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 Le Mans-Arnage is increasing during February, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 1.5 kWh to 2.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Le Mans-Arnage are 47.949 deg latitude, 0.202 deg longitude, and 171 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Le Mans-Arnage contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 174 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 178 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (472 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,450 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Le Mans-Arnage is covered by artificial surfaces (62%), grassland (18%), and trees (10%), within 10 miles by cropland (36%) and grassland (29%), and within 50 miles by cropland (51%) and grassland (27%).