February Weather in Silver Lakes United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 61°F to 66°F, rarely falling below 52°F or exceeding 76°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 37°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 28°F or exceeding 50°F.

For reference, on July 24, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Silver Lakes typically range from 70°F to 100°F, while on December 25, the coldest day of the year, they range from 34°F to 57°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.

Andújar, Spain (5,847 miles away); Souran, Syria (7,325 miles); and Shiraz, Iran (7,950 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Silver Lakes (view comparison).

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The month of February in Silver Lakes experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 41% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 43% on February 21.

The clearest day of the month is February 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 60% of the time.

For reference, on February 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 43%, while on September 6, 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 Silver Lakes, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually increasing, starting the month at 12% and ending it at 15%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 16% on February 21, and its lowest chance is 1% on June 20.

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 Silver Lakes is essentially constant, remaining about 1.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 4.1 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 1.6 inches on February 18.

Over the course of February in Silver Lakes, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 56 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 59 seconds, and weekly increase of 13 minutes, 54 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 10 hours, 30 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 11 hours, 26 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Silver Lakes is 6:47 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 29 minutes earlier at 6:19 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 5:18 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 27 minutes later at 5:44 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is observed in Silver Lakes 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 5:36 AM and sets 14 hours, 29 minutes later, at 8:05 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:53 AM and sets 9 hours, 49 minutes later, at 4:42 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 Silver Lakes is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% 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 Silver Lakes is gradually increasing during February, increasing from 7.9 miles per hour to 8.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on May 2, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour, while on September 16, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Silver Lakes throughout February is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 46% on 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 Silver Lakes typically lasts for 8.7 months (266 days), from around February 29 to around November 21, rarely starting before January 28 or after April 1, and rarely ending before October 31 or after December 11.

The month of February in Silver Lakes is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly increasing from 14% to 50% 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 Silver Lakes are gradually increasing during February, increasing by 111°F, from 73°F to 184°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 Silver Lakes is increasing during February, rising by 1.1 kWh, from 3.8 kWh to 5.0 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Silver Lakes are 34.746 deg latitude, -117.341 deg longitude, and 2,441 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Silver Lakes contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 561 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,504 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (2,211 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (9,948 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Silver Lakes is covered by shrubs (94%), within 10 miles by shrubs (99%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (88%).