February Weather in Kristinestad Finland

Daily high temperatures increase by 2°F, from 28°F to 30°F, rarely falling below 12°F or exceeding 39°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 28°F on February 9.

Daily low temperatures are around 19°F, rarely falling below -2°F or exceeding 33°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 18°F on February 9.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kristinestad typically range from 54°F to 68°F, while on February 9, the coldest day of the year, they range from 18°F to 28°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.

Seward, United States (3,972 miles away); Haines, United States (3,956 miles); and Channel-Port aux Basques, Canada (3,124 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kristinestad (view comparison).

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The month of February in Kristinestad experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 70% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is February 29, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 32% of the time.

For reference, on January 26, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 73%, while on July 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 55%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kristinestad, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 20% and ending it at 18%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on October 12, and its lowest chance is 17% on March 10.

Over the course of February in Kristinestad, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 9% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 4% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 9% to 6%.

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 Kristinestad is essentially constant, remaining about 0.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.5 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.6 inches on February 16.

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 in Kristinestad is decreasing, starting the month at 4.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.2 inches or falls below 0.8 inches, and ending the month at 3.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.1 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of February in Kristinestad, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 46 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 5 minutes, 55 seconds, and weekly increase of 41 minutes, 24 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 7 hours, 30 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 29, with 10 hours, 16 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Kristinestad is 9:03 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 24 minutes earlier at 7:39 AM on February 29.

The earliest sunset is 4:33 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 22 minutes later at 5:55 PM on February 29.

Daylight saving time is observed in Kristinestad 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 3:39 AM and sets 19 hours, 54 minutes later, at 11:33 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 10:01 AM and sets 5 hours, 2 minutes later, at 3:03 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 Kristinestad is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 29, 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 Kristinestad is gradually decreasing during February, decreasing from 9.5 miles per hour to 8.8 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 10, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.2 miles per hour, while on July 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Kristinestad throughout February is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 41% on February 25.

Kristinestad is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Kristinestad is essentially constant during February, remaining within 1°F of 33°F throughout.

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 Kristinestad typically lasts for 4.8 months (147 days), from around May 11 to around October 5, rarely starting before April 24 or after May 28, and rarely ending before September 15 or after October 26.

The month of February in Kristinestad 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 in Kristinestad are essentially constant during February, remaining around 0°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 in Kristinestad is gradually increasing during February, rising by 0.9 kWh, from 0.4 kWh to 1.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kristinestad are 62.274 deg latitude, 21.376 deg longitude, and 20 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kristinestad is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 72 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 20 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (423 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (755 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kristinestad is covered by trees (62%), artificial surfaces (15%), and water (12%), within 10 miles by trees (45%) and water (41%), and within 50 miles by water (48%) and trees (39%).