Gainesville, FL: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 55.9°F in Gainesville, FL, the coldest February since 2015, tied 31st coldest of 93 (with 2004).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 55.9°F; Coldest since 2015; 31st coldest of 93
Precipitation: 0.87 in; Driest since 2017; 12th driest of 129

A normal February in Gainesville, FL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.7°F, between 54.1°F and 62.7°F in eight years of ten and 1.97 in of precipitation, between 0.63 in and 5.10 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Gainesville, FL since 1898: 55.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 48.8°F, in 1958.

Normal range, 54.1 to 62.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Gainesville, FL from 1898 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	55.9	62	71	56	40.8	86	0.87	117	0
2025	63.4	10	76.5	14	50.4	14	1.91	89	0
2024	58.4	46	71.4	52	45.3	53	2.45	77	0
2023	65.6	4	79	2	52.3	7	2.46	76	0
2022	60.3	25	73.8	29	46.9	37	1.56	103	0
2021	60.5	24	72.9	38	48.1	30	6.01	11	0
2020	59.5	31	72.2	44	46.8	38	2.44	78	0
2019	68.1	1	79.3	1	56.9	2	1.01	115	0
2018	67	3	78.4	4	55.6	3	1.58	102	0
2017	63.1	14	76.9	12	49.2	22	0.39	124	0
2016	56.3	61	69.8	69	42.9	73	4.12	44	0
2015	52.8	85	65.4	108	40.1	88	2.02	87	0
2014	58.8	39	70.3	64	47.3	34	4.37	37	0
2013	59.4	32	72.2	44	46.6	41	1.64	98	0
2012	62.5	16	73.9	28	51.2	11	1.06	111	0
2011	61.3	19	73.5	31	49.1	23	3.59	51	0
2010	49.6	92	61.7	124	37.5	93	3.87	46	0
2009	53.7	82	68.7	81	38.8	91	2.09	83	0
2008	59.1	38	73.3	33	44.9	57	3.15	63	0
2007	55.2	72	68.8	78	41.6	76	3.19	62	0
2006	54.8	73	67.9	91	41.6	76	5.08	23	0
2005	58.7	41	71.1	55	46.3	43	1.82	94	0
2004	55.9	62	66	105	45.8	46	5.53	18	0
2003	57.5	50	69.9	68	45.1	55	5.27	21	0
2002	55.8	64	68.6	83	43	72	1.02	114	0
2001	62.6	15	75.1	19	50.1	16	0.89	116	0
2000	57.2	54	72	47	42.3	74	0.65	121	0
1999	59.6	30	73.1	35	46	44	1.92	88	0
1998	57.8	48	68.2	87	47.4	33	11.58	1	0
1997	62.5	16	74.2	26	50.8	12	1.07	109	0
1996	57.3	53	70.4	62	44.2	66	0.77	120	0
1995	56.6	58	69.4	75	43.8	68	1.07	109	0
1994	61.2	20	71.9	48	50.5	13	0.43	123	0
1993	54.1	79	65.1	112	43.1	70	4.77	29	0
1992	58.7	41	68.6	83	48.7	24	3.48	55	0
1991	59.2	37	70.4	62	48	32	0.32	125	0
1990	63.8	9	75.3	18	52.3	7	3.54	53	0
1989	58.1	47	71	56	45.1	55	1.19	108	0
1988	53.3	83	65.4	108	41.2	80	5.01	24	0
1987	57.1	55	67.4	96	46.7	39	5.65	17	0
1986	59.9	28	70.2	65	49.5	18	5.73	15	0
1985	56.6	58	68.9	77	44.3	63	1.66	97	0
1984	57.5	50	69.7	71	45.3	53	4.82	28	0
1983	56.4	60	68.1	89	44.6	60	5.29	19	0
1982	65.4	6	78.1	5	52.7	6	5.00	25	0
1981	58.6	43	72.3	42	44.9	57	6.21	10	0
1980	54	80	66.7	98	41.3	79	1.88	91	0
1979	55.5	67	68.8	78	42.1	75	2.34	80	0
1978	50.9	89	62.5	122	39.3	90	4.98	26	0
1977	54.4	77	68.4	85	40.5	87	4.16	42	0
1976	60.9	22	75.4	16	46.4	42	1.49	105	0
1975	64.3	8	76.5	14	52	10	4.25	40	0
1974	59.3	34	73.2	34	45.4	50	2.58	72	0
1973	55.5	67	67.8	93	43.1	70	4.33	39	0
1972	57.4	52	69.5	74	45.4	50	3.31	58	0
1971	60.2	26	73.6	30	46.7	39	3.85	47	0
1970	54.4	77	67.8	93	40.9	85	7.92	3	0
1969	53.3	83	65.4	108	41.2	80	4.70	30	0
1968	49.7	91	62.3	123	37.1	94	2.80	68	0
1967	54.6	76	67.5	95	41.6	76	6.00	12	0
1966	55.6	66	66.7	98	44.5	61	6.45	9	0
1965	58.5	45	70	67	47	36	6.60	8	0
1964	52.4	87	63.6	116	41.2	80	6.92	6	0
1963	50.6	90	62.6	120	38.6	92	5.18	22	0
1962	63.4	10	77.2	9	49.5	18	1.61	100	0
1961	59.8	29	72.2	44	47.3	34	4.43	36	0
1960	56.8	57	70.2	65	43.4	69	3.76	49	0
1959	65	7	75.4	16	54.6	4	4.37	37	0
1958	48.8	93	62.6	120	34.9	95	3.80	48	0
1957	65.5	5	77.1	10	53.9	5	2.38	79	0
1956	63.4	10	74.6	22	52.3	7	4.10	45	0
1955	60	27	71.5	51	48.6	25	3.26	60	0
1954	61	21	73.5	31	48.5	26	1.40	107	0
1953	60.6	23	71.4	52	49.8	17	1.05	112	0
1952	58.6	43	68.8	78	48.4	28	7.31	5	0
1951	59.3	34	73	37	45.5	49	1.05	112	0
1950	63.4	10	77.4	8	49.4	20	0.55	122	0
1949	67.3	2	77.6	6	57.1	1	5.94	13	0
1948			72.7	39			1.83	93	4
1947			63.1	117			4.67	31	4
1946			71.6	49	48.5	26	2.74	69	3
1945			75	20			1.63	99	15
1944			77.5	7			1.59	101	8
1943							0.12	129	14
1942			62.9	118			4.54	34	11
1941							3.26	60	14
1940			66.2	104			4.17	41	13
1939							5.70	16	10
1938			74.5	23			2.24	82	5
1937							4.60	33	14
1936			67.3	97			7.88	4	8
1935			70.7	59			2.05	85	4
1934			69.8	69			4.65	32	12
1933			74.3	25			2.55	73	9
1932			78.5	3			1.90	90	6
1931			68.7	81			2.72	71	6
1930			74.1	27			3.11	64	6
1929							1.51	104	14
1928			70.9	58			2.73	70	5
1927			77.1	10			5.78	14	6
1926			70.6	61			1.42	106	7
1925			72.6	41	48.2	29	2.30	81	3
1924			68.2	87			3.56	52	7
1923			72.3	42			2.06	84	4
1922			74.8	21			3.45	56	11
1921			73.1	35			0.82	119	4
1920			63.8	115			6.61	7	5
1919			68.1	89			4.50	35	8
1918			76.7	13			0.25	126	7
1917			69.7	71			2.53	74	8
1916			71.2	54			0.22	127	10
1915			67.9	91			2.98	65	6
1914			66.3	102			3.60	50	11
1913	59.3	34	69.4	75	49.3	21	4.83	27	0
1912	51.2	88	62.9	118	39.5	89	2.47	75	0
1911	62.4	18	74.4	24	50.4	14	0.13	128	0
1910	55.5	67	66.3	102	44.8	59	2.04	86	0
1909	57.6	49	69.6	73	45.6	47	1.71	96	0
1908	54.8	73	65.5	107	44	67	2.95	66	0
1907	58.8	39	71.6	49	45.9	45	0.87	117	0
1906	56.9	56	68.3	86	45.6	47	1.73	95	0
1905	55.7	65	66	105	45.4	50	3.29	59	0
1904	59.4	32	70.7	59	48.1	30	2.83	67	0
1903			72.7	39			5.29	19	4
1902	52.5	86	63.9	114	41.1	83	3.43	57	0
1901	53.8	81	66.7	98	41	84	9.20	2	0
1900	54.8	73	65.2	111	44.3	63	1.85	92	0
1899	55.3	71	64.9	113	44.5	61	4.15	43	1
1898	55.4	70	66.6	101	44.3	63	3.49	54	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	68.1
1949	67.3
2018	67
2023	65.6
1957	65.5
1982	65.4
1959	65
1975	64.3
1990	63.8
2025	63.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1958	48.8
2010	49.6
1968	49.7
1963	50.6
1978	50.9
1912	51.2
1964	52.4
1902	52.5
2015	52.8
1988	53.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	11.58
1901	9.20
1970	7.92
1936	7.88
1952	7.31
1964	6.92
1920	6.61
1965	6.60
1966	6.45
1981	6.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	0.12
1911	0.13
1916	0.22
1918	0.25
1991	0.32
2017	0.39
1994	0.43
1950	0.55
2000	0.65
1996	0.77

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 21 February 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 1 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.49 in; 15 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 0.87 in of precipitation in Gainesville, FL, the driest February since 2017, tied 12th driest of 129 (with 1907).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Gainesville, FL: 86°F on Saturday 21 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Gainesville, FL: a low of 20°F on Sunday 1 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Gainesville, FL: 0.49 in on Sunday 15 February 2026.