Weather in Griffith in February

Shoulder season. February sits in between. You will get good days and you will lose some. Highs average 33.4 °C, lows 18.4 °C, and rain falls on 5 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

February ranks 11 of 12 — near the bottom of Griffith's year. April is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 44 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain falls on only 5 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 33.4 °C days and 18.4 °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: 10 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest February day reached 46.4 °C and the coldest night fell to 9.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 45 mm — roughly 100% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. February rainfall has ranged from 1 mm to 166 mm across the twenty years measured — a 165 mm spread around an average of 45 mm. The average is real but almost no individual February looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 11 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 43%.

How February sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 2.1 °C cooler than January, with March dropping another 3.7 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in February

13.3 hours of daylight, losing 1 hours across the month. That is between Griffith's extremes of 14.4 and 9.9 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 31.3 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage. Within February itself the daily swing is 14.9 °C, so mornings and afternoons need different clothes.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

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

February in Griffith versus nearby

If Griffith is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Wodonga is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days more rain. Canberra is a better bet in February — 5.6 °C cooler, 6 days more rain.

So: February is a compromise. April is 32 points better and is what Griffith is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Griffith

See all twelve months in Griffith, or where else to go in February.