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Typical February weather

Yosemite Valley

California · February

Wet and cold, and the month everyone comes to photograph.

51° days
30° nights

about 9 rainy or snowy days · 11 hours of daylight

What to pack

What February feels like

Horsetail Fall is the February event — for a couple of weeks near sunset the light hits it just right and it glows orange, which now takes a reservation to come and see. The rest of the month is cold and wet, and the fall needs both snowmelt and rain to run at all.

Expect about 9 days with something falling — rain, snow, or the sloppy mix in between. about 18 nights dip below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high51°
Typical low30°
Days with rain or snow9
Rain or melted snow6.5 in
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:47 am / 5:37 pm

How February compares

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