Rochester, MN: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 26.9°F in Rochester, MN, the warmest February since 2024, 10th warmest of 110.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 26.9°F; Warmest since 2024; 10th warmest of 110
Precipitation: 0.51 in; Driest since 2025; 38th driest of 112

A normal February in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 18.9°F, between 11°F and 26.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.88 in of precipitation, between 0.45 in and 1.68 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Rochester, MN since 1887: 26.9°F in 2026; the highest is 32.6°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 11 to 26.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Rochester, MN from 1887 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	26.9	10	35.2	11	18.5	14	0.51	75	0
2025	16	60	24.8	66	7.2	58	0.48	77	0
2024	32.6	1	43.3	1	21.9	3	0.34	87	0
2023	19.9	36	28.8	36	11	38	2.54	2	0
2022	13.9	80	24.2	73	3.6	87	0.41	84	0
2021	8.3	104	16	109	0.6	98	0.65	58	0
2020	16.6	54	25.8	54	7.3	57	1.20	25	0
2019	11.3	92	20.3	97	2.4	91	2.97	1	0
2018	15.3	65	24.1	74	6.6	63	1.08	31	0
2017	27.6	9	36.2	8	19	10	1.66	14	0
2016	22.6	24	29	34	16.2	21	0.65	58	0
2015	7.8	106	17.1	107	-1.6	107	0.65	58	0
2014	6.7	107	15.7	110	-2.4	110	1.76	10	0
2013	19.4	40	26.6	48	12.3	30	1.22	24	0
2012	27.7	8	35.4	9	20	8	1.63	17	0
2011	18	50	25.4	59	10.6	40	0.77	47	0
2010	15.7	62	24.4	68	7.1	60	0.79	45	0
2009	20.7	30	29	34	12.4	29	0.79	45	0
2008	13.3	83	21.4	90	5.1	73	0.56	69	0
2007	10.5	98	17.3	106	3.7	85	1.65	15	0
2006	19.6	38	28.6	39	10.6	40	0.40	85	0
2005	24.6	19	31.2	23	18	15	1.19	27	0
2004	20	35	27.1	45	13	27	1.72	12	0
2003	14.9	71	25.1	61	4.7	77	0.65	58	0
2002	25.9	14	34.1	14	17.8	18	1.68	13	0
2001	11.2	94	20.7	95	1.7	96	1.06	33	0
2000	26.3	13	34.6	12	17.9	17	0.45	80	0
1999	26.6	12	32.9	15	20.2	7	1.13	30	0
1998	29.4	4	35.3	10	23.6	1	1.44	19	0
1997	18.8	44	26.2	51	11.5	35	0.92	41	0
1996	17	53	24.4	68	9.6	46	0.18	102	0
1995	18.9	43	26.9	47	10.9	39	0.15	104	0
1994	11	95	19.9	99	2.1	93	0.72	55	0
1993	14.5	76	21.9	88	7.2	58	0.83	43	0
1992	26.7	11	32.1	16	21.3	4	0.55	70	0
1991	23.5	22	31.8	18	15.2	22	0.45	80	0
1990	22.1	28	31.9	17	12.3	30	0.71	56	0
1989	9.3	102	19.6	101	-0.9	104	0.42	83	0
1988	12.3	90	20.9	94	3.7	85	0.22	98	0
1987	29.3	5	38.2	5	20.3	6	0.23	97	0
1986	15.3	65	22.4	85	8.2	55	0.61	64	0
1985	14.8	74	22.8	84	6.8	61	0.57	68	0
1984	25.4	16	31.4	21	19.4	9	1.96	9	0
1983	23.9	21	29.1	32	18.6	13	1.27	23	0
1982	16.1	58	24	77	8.3	54	0.11	107	0
1981	22.4	26	31	26	13.8	25	2.00	7	0
1980	15	70	23.6	78	6.5	65	0.52	72	0
1979	5.7	109	15.5	111	-4.1	111	0.34	87	0
1978	8.3	104	18.3	105	-1.7	109	0.33	91	0
1977	21.7	29	31.8	18	11.6	34	0.97	38	0
1976	28.2	7	37.7	6	18.7	12	0.49	76	0
1975	15.4	63	24.1	74	6.7	62	0.76	48	0
1974	15.8	61	25.8	54	5.8	70	0.73	52	0
1973	20.1	34	28.4	40	11.8	32	0.88	42	0
1972	12.4	89	21.6	89	3.2	88	0.29	94	0
1971	16.4	57	24.1	74	8.6	53	2.21	4	0
1970	15.1	68	26	53	4.1	82	0.47	78	0
1969	18.6	47	26.6	48	10.5	42	0.14	105	0
1968	14.9	71	25.1	61	4.6	81	0.14	105	0
1967	10.5	98	21.1	93	-0.1	101	0.76	48	0
1966	15.1	68	25	63	5.3	72	1.06	33	0
1965	11.6	91	21.4	90	1.8	94	1.34	21	0
1964	24.7	18	36.3	7	12.7	28	0.04	112	1
1963	13.1	85	22.1	86	4	83	0.39	86	0
1962	13.3	83	20.3	97	6.3	67	1.35	20	0
1961	25.6	15	34.4	13	16.9	19	0.94	39	0
1960	18.8	44	27.6	43	10	44	0.31	92	0
1959	12.9	87	24.4	68	1.5	97	1.58	18	0
1958	14.2	79	23.4	80	5	75	0.06	109	0
1957	22.3	27	31.2	23	13.4	26	0.47	78	0
1956	13.1	85	24.4	68	1.8	94	0.52	72	0
1955	15.2	67	24.9	65	5.4	71	1.14	29	0
1954	31.8	3	40.4	3	23.1	2	0.31	92	0
1953	19.4	40	29.1	32	9.2	48	0.94	39	1
1952	24.1	20	31.4	21	16.8	20	0.61	64	0
1951	16.6	54	25.6	57	7.5	56	2.03	6	0
1950	14.3	78	25.8	54	2.9	90	1.33	22	0
1949	14.9	71	25	63	4.7	77	0.19	101	0
1948	16.1	58	25.6	57	6.6	63	2.00	7	0
1947	14.4	77	22.9	83	5.9	69	0.60	66	0
1946	18.8	44	28.8	36	8.9	51	0.75	51	0
1945	16.5	56	27.1	45	6	68	1.74	11	0
1944	20.2	32	30.4	29	10	44	1.01	35	0
1943	17.4	51	28.4	40	6.5	65	0.21	100	0
1942	18.3	48	26.3	50	10.3	43	0.22	98	0
1941	14.6	75	24.4	68	4.8	76	0.28	95	0
1940	18.1	49	27.3	44	8.9	51	0.99	37	0
1939	11	95	23.1	81	-1.1	105	0.73	52	0
1938	20.3	31	28.7	38	11.8	32	1.00	36	2
1937	9.4	101	19.5	102	-0.6	103	0.52	72	0
1936	0.5	110	11.1	112	-10.1	113	1.18	28	0
1935	22.9	23	31.1	25	14.7	23	0.73	52	0
1934	19.3	42	29.5	30	9.2	48	0.18	102	0
1933	13.8	82	24.5	67	3.1	89	0.83	43	0
1932	19.8	37	31	26	9.1	50	0.76	48	2
1931	32	2	42.9	2	21.1	5	0.64	62	0
1930	28.7	6	38.4	4	19	10	0.71	56	2
1929			19.3	103	-1.3	106			3
1920	17.3	52	25.4	59	9.3	47	0.06	109	1
1919	19.5	39	27.9	42	11.2	36	1.07	32	0
1918	15.4	63	26.1	52	5.1	73	0.62	63	1
1917	6	108	16.8	108	-5.5	112	0.34	87	2
1916			21.4	90	4.7	77	0.58	67	4
1915	24.9	17	31.8	18	18	15	2.30	3	0
1914	10.6	97	19.8	100	0.6	98	0.34	87	2
1913	11.3	92	22.1	86	0.5	100	0.53	71	0
1912	13.9	80	23.1	81	4.7	77	0.07	108	0
1911	22.5	25	30.7	28	14.4	24	1.65	15	0
1910							0.05	111	8
1909	20.2	32	29.3	31	11.2	36	1.20	25	0
1894					3.9	84	0.25	96	6
1893	10.3	100	20.7	95	-0.1	101			1
1892									16
1888	12.9	87	23.6	78	2.3	92	0.45	80	0
1887	8.6	103	18.7	104	-1.6	107	2.06	5	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	32.6
1931	32
1954	31.8
1998	29.4
1987	29.3
1930	28.7
1976	28.2
2012	27.7
2017	27.6
2026	26.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1936	0.5
1979	5.7
1917	6
2014	6.7
2015	7.8
2021	8.3
1978	8.3
1887	8.6
1989	9.3
1937	9.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	2.97
2023	2.54
1915	2.30
1971	2.21
1887	2.06
1951	2.03
1981	2.00
1948	2.00
1984	1.96
2014	1.76

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	0.04
1910	0.05
1958	0.06
1920	0.06
1912	0.07
1982	0.11
1969	0.14
1968	0.14
1995	0.15
1996	0.18
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 55°F; 16 February 2026
Coldest night: 2°F; 3 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.29 in; 18 February 2026

Every month, season and year

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Rochester, MN the day's answers

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Every answer in words

February 2026 brought 0.51 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the driest February since 2025, 38th driest of 112.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Rochester, MN: 55°F on Monday 16 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Rochester, MN: a low of 2°F on Tuesday 3 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Rochester, MN: 0.29 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.