United States · 1991–2020 normal
Gateway in
February.
Typical February weather in Gateway: -2°C by day, -11.3°C at night, 19 mm of rain over 4.3 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-2°C
Typical low-11.3°C
Rain19 mm
Wet days4.3
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 72). Daylight is calculated as 8 h 48 from latitude 61.57°.
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 61.6° the calculated mid-month daylight is 8 h 48. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -11.3°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in February
The measured night-time normal is -11.3°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5862727
- NOAA station
- USC00505733 · MATANUSKA EXP FARM
- Station distance
- 1 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.