Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 34.6°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the coldest February since 2015, 26th coldest of 65.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 34.6°F; Coldest since 2015; 26th coldest of 65
Precipitation: 2.62 in; Wettest since 2021; 27th wettest of 64

A normal February in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.4°F, between 30.8°F and 41°F in eight years of ten and 2.32 in of precipitation, between 0.80 in and 4.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1962: 34.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 23.3°F, in 1979.

Normal range, 30.8 to 41°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1962 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
2026	34.6	40	43.9	39	25.3	35	2.62	27
2025	37.7	22	46.7	27	28.8	11	2.42	34
2024	42.3	4	53.3	5	31.4	6	1.45	53
2023	44.6	2	56	2	33.2	1	2.27	37
2022	39.7	11	52	6	27.4	21	2.30	36
2021	35.4	31	42.6	47	28.3	13	4.28	9
2020	41.4	6	51.2	10	31.6	5	3.24	21
2019	38.3	18	47.5	23	29	10	3.50	20
2018	42.4	3	51.9	7	32.9	2	4.60	7
2017	44.8	1	56.8	1	32.9	2	0.71	59
2016	36.9	26	45.6	32	28.2	14	3.79	15
2015	25.4	64	35.7	63	15	64	1.76	48
2014	32.2	48	41.5	49	22.9	47	3.81	14
2013	35.3	32	43.2	44	27.4	21	1.63	52
2012	40.9	9	51.1	11	30.8	8	2.24	39
2011	38.1	19	48.7	19	27.5	18	2.21	40
2010	30.9	56	38.6	59	23.2	45	4.63	6
2009	37.9	20	48.8	18	27.1	25	0.35	63
2008	37.3	25	46.7	27	27.9	16	2.67	26
2007	28.6	62	37	62	20.1	60	2.54	31
2006	36	29	45.9	30	26.1	30	2.38	35
2005	37.4	23	47.3	24	27.4	21	1.41	55
2004	34.7	38	44.8	35	24.7	37	1.93	45
2003	30.3	59	37.9	61	22.7	48	6.27	1
2002	38.8	15	51.6	8	26.1	30	0.46	62
2001	38.5	16	49.1	16	27.8	17	1.68	50
2000	39.2	13	50.1	13	28.2	14	1.92	46
1999	37.4	23	48	21	26.9	27	2.62	27
1998	41	8	49.9	14	32	4	5.83	2
1997	40.5	10	49.7	15	31.2	7	2.16	42
1996	34.7	38	43.8	41	25.6	33	2.62	27
1995	31.3	53	41.3	52	21.3	57	1.80	47
1994	33.3	42	43.5	43	23.1	46	3.61	19
1993	31.7	51	41.4	51	21.9	54	2.74	25
1992	37.9	20	48.4	20	27.5	18	2.26	38
1991	39.5	12	51.6	8	27.4	21	0.81	58
1990	42.1	5	54.5	4	29.8	9	1.65	51
1989	35.2	34	44.4	37	26	32	2.50	32
1988	34.5	41	45.1	34	23.9	41	2.06	43
1987	33	44	44	38	22.1	52	2.47	33
1986	32.1	49	39.5	57	24.7	37	3.16	22
1985	35.8	30	46.3	29	25.3	35	3.73	17
1984	38.9	14	49.1	16	28.7	12	4.13	10
1983	35	35	45.6	32	24.3	39	3.74	16
1982	36.5	28	45.8	31	27.1	25	4.09	12
1981	38.5	16	50.5	12	26.4	28	4.10	11
1980	31	55	41.5	49	20.5	58	1.00	57
1979	23.3	65	32.4	65	14.1	65	5.75	3
1978	26.7	63	35.6	64	17.8	63	0.25	64
1977	34.8	37	47.8	22	21.8	55	0.49	61
1976	41.1	7	54.6	3	27.5	18	1.42	54
1975	34.9	36	44.5	36	25.4	34	1.97	44
1974	32.5	46	43	45	22	53	1.14	56
1973	33.1	43	43.9	39	22.2	50	2.84	23
1972	32.5	46	42.8	46	22.3	49	5.44	4
1971	36.7	27	47.1	25	26.2	29	4.68	5
1970	32.7	45	43.8	41	21.5	56	2.76	24
1969	32.1	49	40	53	24.3	39	1.69	49
1968	30.8	58	42.3	48	19.3	61	0.68	60
1967	29	61	39.8	55	18.3	62	2.18	41
1966	31.7	51	39.9	54	23.5	43	3.90	13
1965	35.3	32	47.1	25	23.5	43	2.58	30
1964	30.9	56	39.6	56	22.2	50	4.50	8
1963	29.3	60	38.3	60	20.3	59
1962	31.3	53	38.9	58	23.8	42	3.62	18

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	44.8
2023	44.6
2018	42.4
2024	42.3
1990	42.1
2020	41.4
1976	41.1
1998	41
2012	40.9
1997	40.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	23.3
2015	25.4
1978	26.7
2007	28.6
1967	29
1963	29.3
2003	30.3
1968	30.8
2010	30.9
1964	30.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	6.27
1998	5.83
1979	5.75
1972	5.44
1971	4.68
2010	4.63
2018	4.60
1964	4.50
2021	4.28
1984	4.13

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	0.25
2009	0.35
2002	0.46
1977	0.49
1968	0.68
2017	0.71
1991	0.81
1980	1.00
1974	1.14
2005	1.41

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 9 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.86 in; 20 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 2.62 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the wettest February since 2021, tied 27th wettest of 64 (with 1999 and 1996).
The hottest day of February 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 67°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 8°F on Monday 9 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 0.86 in on Friday 20 February 2026.