February may have seemed hotter because of a cold January, but this year’s temperatures...
A runner glides past palm trees along Houston Street in downtown San Antonio in this file photo. Despite what seemed like it might be an all-time record warm February, this past month was only the 39th warmest since 1885 when weather records were first kept.— and it was — but it was far from the hottest February on record., the average monthly high temperature in February was 69.6 F, compared to the historical average of 67.5 F.
“While a difference of 2.1 degrees doesn’t sound like a lot, it’s a good number when you look at it over a whole month,” said Bob Fogarty, a meteorologist with the NWS’s Austin/San Antonio Forecast Center Still, the shortest month of the year was only the 39th warmest since 1885 when weather records were first kept, according to Fogarty.
What may have made February seem warmer than it was, was the month that preceded it. In January, daily temperatures dipped below freezing eight times, compared to only once in February, and that was on Feb. 1.For the record, the all-time high for the month was 100 F on Feb. 21, 1996.
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