Weather in Dallas in February

A good month. February works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 15.3 °C, lows 3.3 °C, and rain falls on 7 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

February ranks 5 of 12 in Dallas: past the worst of the year but short of November, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 7 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 15.3 °C days and 3.3 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 8 nights fall below freezing. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 31.2 °C and the coldest night fell to -9.5 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 91 mm — roughly 136% of the month's rain in one day.

February is moderately variable: 14 mm in the driest year against 235 mm in the wettest, around an average of 67 mm. Roughly two Februarys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 12.4 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 74%.

How February sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 2 °C warmer than January, and March adds another 5.1 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in February

11 hours of daylight, gaining 0.9 hours across the month. That is between Dallas's extremes of 14.3 and 10 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 35.1 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

February in Dallas versus nearby

If Dallas is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Shreveport is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 3 days more rain. Oklahoma City is the weaker option in February — 4 °C cooler, 1 day less rain.

So: February works, with November the better month by 16 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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