Sunshine by US City in February

The tables below pull together figures on the amount of sunshine each of the largest cities in the United States usually has in February.

The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours the city normally has this month. Clear Days is the average number of days this month when cloud covers at most 30 percent of the sky during daylight hours.

Hours of sunshine are the means calculated for 1961 to 1990. The other data are averages taken from years of weather watching.

Average sunshine in February
% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
54	Atlanta, Georgia	172	8
51	Austin, Texas	169	8
55	Baltimore, Maryland	164	8
50	Birmingham, Alabama	160	7
56	Boston, Massachusetts	168	8
38	Buffalo, New York	108	2
58	Charlotte, North Carolina	180	8
49	Chicago, Illinois	136	6
40	Cincinnati, Ohio	128	5
37	Cleveland, Ohio	122	3
42	Columbus, Ohio	126	4
54	Dallas, Texas	178	10
69	Denver, Colorado	211	8
46	Detroit, Michigan	138	5
65	Fresno, California	–	8
39	Grand Rapids, Michigan	–	3
56	Hartford, Connecticut	176	7
68	Honolulu, Hawaii	–	8
50	Houston, Texas	155	7

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
49	Indianapolis, Indiana	146	6
62	Jacksonville, Florida	194	9
55	Kansas City, Missouri	174	8
81	Las Vegas, Nevada	247	12
72	Los Angeles, California	–	11
48	Louisville, Kentucky	149	6
54	Memphis, Tennessee	174	8
68	Miami, Florida	217	8
47	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	152	6
59	Minneapolis, Minnesota	178	8
47	Nashville, Tennessee	145	7
50	New Orleans, Louisiana	162	8
55	New York, New York	163	8
60	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	190	9
53	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	155	7
80	Phoenix, Arizona	257	13
36	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	109	3

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
38	Portland, Oregon	116	3
58	Providence, Rhode Island	173	8
56	Raleigh, North Carolina	173	9
58	Richmond, Virginia	180	8
41	Rochester, New York	118	2
65	Sacramento, California	201	8
54	Salt Lake City, Utah	163	5
50	San Antonio, Texas	170	8
71	San Diego, California	227	10
62	San Francisco, California	–	8
40	Seattle, Washington	109	3
52	St. Louis, Missouri	158	7
66	Tampa, Florida	203	9
82	Tucson, Arizona	–	13
56	Tulsa, Oklahoma	–	9
56	Virginia Beach, Virginia	175	8
50	Washington, DC	152	7

Average Sunshine for US Cities in February

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