Weather forecast Antwerp Belgium
The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on February. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.
Average Hourly Temperature in February
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands: frigid < 15°F < freezing < 32°F < chilly < 45°F < cold < 55°F < cool < 65°F < comfortable < 75°F < warm < 85°F < hot < 95°F < sweltering. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
The month of February in Antwerpen experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 66% to 62%.
The clearest day of the month is February 27, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 38% of the time.
For reference, on December 27, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 72%, while on July 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 58%.
Cloud Cover in February
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds: clear < 20% < mostly clear < 40% < partly cloudy < 60% < mostly cloudy < 80% < overcast.
A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Antwerpen, the chance of a wet day over the course of February is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 29% and ending it at 26%.
For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on December 22, and its lowest chance is 22% on April 24.
Over the course of February in Antwerpen, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 27% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.
Probability of Precipitation in February
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
Rainfall
To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during February in Antwerpen is essentially constant, remaining about 1.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.2 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.
Average Monthly Rainfall in February
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average liquid-equivalent snowfall.
Over the course of February in Antwerpen, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 39 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 40 seconds, and weekly increase of 25 minutes, 38 seconds.
The shortest day of the month is February 1, with 9 hours, 14 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 10 hours, 52 minutes of daylight.
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in February
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
The latest sunrise of the month in Antwerpen is 8:19 AM on February 1 and the earliest sunrise is 50 minutes earlier at 7:29 AM on February 28.
The earliest sunset is 5:33 PM on February 1 and the latest sunset is 48 minutes later at 6:21 PM on February 28.
Daylight saving time is observed in Antwerpen during 2017, but it neither starts nor ends during February, so the entire month is in standard time.
For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:26 AM and sets 16 hours, 35 minutes later, at 10:01 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:44 AM and sets 7 hours, 53 minutes later, at 4:36 PM.
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in February
The solar day over the course of February. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.
The chance that a given day will be muggy in Antwerpen is essentially constant during February, remaining around 0% throughout.
For reference, on July 26, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 4% of the time, while on January 1, the leasy muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.
Humidity Comfort Levels in February
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point: dry < 55°F < comfortable < 60°F < humid < 65°F < muggy < 70°F < oppressive < 75°F < miserable.
This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.
The average hourly wind speed in Antwerpen is essentially constant during February, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 6.5 miles per hour throughout.
For reference, on January 7, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.8 miles per hour.
Average Wind Speed in February
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
The hourly average wind direction in Antwerpen throughout February is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 34% on February 28.
