Carbondale, IL: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 39.5°F in Carbondale, IL, the warmest February since 2024, tied 36th warmest of 115 (with 1918).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 39.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 36th warmest of 115
Precipitation: 0.51 in; Driest since 1947; 3rd driest of 116

A normal February in Carbondale, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 38°F, between 31.8°F and 42.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.75 in of precipitation, between 1.21 in and 4.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Carbondale, IL since 1899: 39.5°F in 2026; the highest is 46.9°F, in 1932.

Normal range, 31.8 to 42.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Carbondale, IL from 1899 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	39.5	36	50.8	29	28.3	48	0.51	114	0
2025	35.4	70	44.8	81	26	67	2.66	54	0
2024	46.5	3	59	1	34	8	0.74	112	0
2023	44.1	9	54.6	9	33.6	10	3.26	33	0
2022	34.8	78	46	69	23.6	88			0
2021	28.1	110	36.6	112	19.7	106	2.15	72	0
2020	37.8	49	46.7	61	28.8	46	3.32	32	0
2019	38.6	42	47.6	56	29.6	36	5.82	6	0
2018	39.2	40	49.4	36	29.4	39			1
2017	45.8	5	57.1	4	34.4	5	0.75	111	0
2016	38.5	44	47.7	55	29.2	43	3.26	33	0
2015	25.7	112	35.5	114	15.9	114	1.55	87	0
2014	29.4	104	38.5	110	20.4	103			0
2013	38.6	42	47.8	53	29.5	38	2.80	49	0
2012	40.9	28	50	33	31.7	23	2.00	76	1
2011	36.9	58	47.1	58	26.7	60	3.86	22	0
2010	32.4	92	40.3	101	24.5	81	1.42	90	0
2009	39.3	38	48.6	40	30.1	32	1.20	98	0
2008	34.8	78	42.8	90	26.9	59	5.35	7	0
2007	30.8	98	39.8	103	21.8	95	3.12	39	0
2006	35.2	72	46.1	67	24.4	82	2.01	75	0
2005	41.1	26	49.7	34	32.5	18	1.98	77	0
2004	36.4	63	46.2	65	26.6	61	1.26	95	0
2003	32.4	92	39.5	106	25.3	76	3.73	24	0
2002	38.3	45	48.6	40	27.9	51	1.21	97	0
2001	38.2	47	47.1	58	29.4	39	3.13	37	0
2000	43	11	53.5	12	32.6	17	4.62	15	0
1999	42.6	14	52.3	19	33	14	2.93	44	0
1998	42.5	15	51.2	27	33.8	9	3.58	27	0
1997	39.8	35	47.9	51	31.6	24	2.86	45	0
1996	35.4	70	46.4	63	24.4	82	1.09	102	0
1995	34.1	84	45	77	23.1	90	2.70	53	0
1994	34.4	83	44.2	82	24.6	80	1.74	81	0
1993	31.9	94	42.9	89	21	101	3.26	33	1
1992	41.8	20	52.8	17	30.8	27	1.72	82	0
1991	37.2	54	49	39	26	67	2.32	64	1
1990	40.8	29	51.6	23	30.7	28	7.09	2	2
1989	29.1	106	38.9	109	19.8	104	6.66	3	2
1988	31.6	97	42	92	21.4	98	2.24	68	1
1987			48.6	40			2.82	47	3
1984	37.9	48	50.3	31	25.6	73	2.75	52	0
1983	36.7	60	48	50	26	67	0.89	105	1
1982	29.1	106	40.4	100	17.8	111	1.77	80	0
1981	36.6	61	49.3	37	23.9	85	2.23	69	0
1980	27.4	111	38.4	111	16.5	113	1.38	92	0
1979	24.4	113	36.1	113	12.6	115	6.30	5	0
1978	20.8	115	31.9	116	9.7	117	0.90	104	0
1977	32.6	91	45.4	73	19.8	104	2.36	62	0
1976	41.8	20	54.1	10	29.6	36	2.28	66	0
1975	35.1	74	43.8	84	26.4	64	4.88	9	0
1974	37.5	51	47.9	51	27.1	57	1.71	83	0
1973	35	75	45.4	73	24.7	79	1.38	92	2
1972							3.00	42	12
1971	36.6	61	45.8	70	27.5	53	4.64	14	0
1970	35	75	45	77	25	78	2.07	73	0
1969	37.4	52	44.9	80	29.9	35	1.20	98	0
1968	31.7	95	41.5	96	21.9	94	1.16	100	0
1967	34.8	78	46.2	65	23.5	89	2.30	65	0
1966	35	75	44	83	26	67	3.82	23	1
1965	37.1	55	48.6	40	25.5	75	4.42	17	0
1964	35.9	67	46.7	61	25.1	77	2.37	61	0
1963	30.4	101	41.6	94	19.5	107	0.58	113	1
1962	40.8	29	51.4	25	30.2	31	4.68	13	0
1961	40.8	29	52.2	20	29.4	39	4.55	16	0
1960	33.9	85	41.9	93	25.8	71	2.36	62	0
1959	37.8	49	48.3	47	27.4	54	2.48	58	0
1958	28.6	109	39	108	18.1	110	1.59	86	0
1957	43.2	10	53	15	33.4	11	3.92	21	0
1956	41.4	24	49.7	34	33.2	13	6.65	4	0
1955	38.3	45	48.3	47	28.2	49	2.82	47	0
1954	45.5	7	58.2	2	32.7	16	3.13	37	1
1953	42.1	17	54	11	30.3	30	1.14	101	0
1952	42.8	13	53.2	14	32.3	19	2.65	55	0
1951	37.4	52	48.2	49	26.6	61	4.25	18	0
1950	39.9	34	49.3	37	30.5	29	4.80	11	0
1949	41.2	25	52.9	16	29.2	43	3.21	36	2
1947	30.5	100	39.8	103	21.2	99	0.46	116	0
1946	41.6	22	52.4	18	30.9	26	3.95	20	0
1945	36.8	59	45.6	71	28	50	7.61	1	0
1944	40.7	32	50.4	30	31	25	3.61	26	0
1943	40.6	33	51.8	22	29.4	39	1.41	91	0
1942	34.6	81	41.6	94	27.7	52	4.72	12	0
1941	33.3	87	41.1	98	25.6	73	0.87	107	0
1940	35.2	72	43.2	87	27.1	57	3.98	19	0
1939	36.1	65	47.8	53	24.4	82	4.85	10	1
1938	46.6	2	56	7	37.3	1	2.77	51	0
1937	37	56	45.5	72	28.5	47	1.64	85	0
1936	29.4	104	39.6	105	19.1	108	2.07	73	0
1935	41	27	50.3	31	31.8	22	1.51	89	0
1934	32.9	90	43.6	86	22.1	92	1.67	84	0
1933	35.8	68	45.1	76	26.5	63	2.46	60	0
1932	46.9	1	57.3	3	36.4	2	1.80	79	0
1931	42.9	12	53.5	12	32.2	20	2.97	43	0
1930	46	4	56.1	6	35.9	3	3.44	31	0
1929	30.2	102	39.9	102	20.6	102	2.48	58	0
1928					30	33	3.48	29	6
1927	45.7	6	56.4	5	35	4	0.82	109	0
1926	42.3	16	51.4	25	33.3	12	2.23	69	0
1925	44.6	8	55.3	8	34.4	5	2.55	56	1
1924	36.1	65	46.1	67	26.1	66	1.31	94	0
1923	33	89	42.4	91	23.7	87	3.52	28	0
1922	39.3	38	48.6	40	30	33	3.04	40	0
1921	41.9	19	51	28	32.8	15	2.28	66	0
1920	37	56	46.8	60	27.2	56	0.86	108	0
1919	38.7	41	48.4	46	29.1	45	1.52	88	1
1918	39.5	36	51.6	23	27.4	54	0.50	115	0
1917	34.6	81	47.3	57	21.8	95	0.89	105	0
1916	35.8	68	45.3	75	26.2	65	1.90	78	0
1915	41.6	22	48.6	40	34.4	5	2.17	71	1
1914	31.7	95	41.4	97	22	93	5.09	8	0
1913	33.8	86	43.7	85	23.8	86	0.79	110	0
1912	30.8	98	40.5	99	21.1	100	2.84	46	0
1911	42.1	17	52	21	32.1	21	2.79	50	0
1910	33.3	87	45	77	21.5	97	3.47	30	0
1903	36.4	63	46.3	64	25.8	71	3.65	25	2
1902	28.8	108	39.5	106	18.5	109	0.97	103	2
1901					22.3	91	1.25	96	5
1900	29.8	103	43.1	88	16.6	112	3.03	41	0
1899	22.8	114	33.2	115	12.4	116	2.54	57	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	46.9
1938	46.6
2024	46.5
1930	46
2017	45.8
1927	45.7
1954	45.5
1925	44.6
2023	44.1
1957	43.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	20.8
1899	22.8
1979	24.4
2015	25.7
1980	27.4
2021	28.1
1958	28.6
1902	28.8
1989	29.1
1982	29.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	7.61
1990	7.09
1989	6.66
1956	6.65
1979	6.30
2019	5.82
2008	5.35
1914	5.09
1975	4.88
1939	4.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1947	0.46
1918	0.50
2026	0.51
1963	0.58
2024	0.74
2017	0.75
1913	0.79
1927	0.82
1920	0.86
1941	0.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 19 February 2026
Coldest night: 0°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.34 in; 14 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.51 in of precipitation in Carbondale, IL, the driest February since 1947 (1948 excluded: 29 of 29 days missing; 1985 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 1986 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 3 more years excluded for missing days), 3rd driest of 116.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Carbondale, IL: 72°F on Thursday 19 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Carbondale, IL: a low of 0°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Carbondale, IL: 0.34 in on Saturday 14 February 2026.