Weather log Feb 2026

 Weather log Feb 2026

Key

WW = West Wales

Mids = Midlands

Lwn = Llanwnnen

AG = Aldermans Green, Coventry

CL = Church Lawford

LL = Long Lawford

ROW = Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Nott= Nottingham

CITE = Coton-in-the-Elms, Derbyshire

CC = Capel Curig, Snowdonia

MH = Milford Haven

Carms = Carmarthenshire

Pembs = Pembrokeshire

COL = Climatological Observers Link

PWS = Personal weather station

MO = Met Office

NRW = National Resources Wales

EA = Environment Agency

est = estimated

inc = including

cf = compared with

srb = since records began

CC = Chiffchaff
WW= Willow Warbler
ST = Song Thrush
BB = Blackbird

VW = very wet, W = wet, RW = rather wet, A = average, RD = rather dry, D = dry, VD = very dry

Unsettled and mild start to February:

Fri 13th snow in places, especially hills, coverings locally above 300m, brief spell of wet snow here at Lwn late afternoon.

Sat 14th first proper frost of the month, minima Tirabad -5.4c, Lwn & Trawsgoed -5.1c, Shawbury -3.9c, Nott -1.0c, Aberdaron +1.1c. Sunny morning for WW and sunny day Mids (Cov 7.3 hrs). Forestry had a sprinkling, looked like had been 2cm deep.

First half of February mild and very dull, rainfall varying rather dry to very wet

All of the Mids above the whole Feb average.

Temperatures running 1 to 2c above average.

Very dull, Coventry had just 1.9 hours 1st to 13th but then a sunny 7.3 hors 14th (cf Lwn 13 hrs).

Rainfall totals 1st - 14th:

Valley c 45mm (v wet)

CC c 80mm (r dry)

Trawsgoed c 60mm (wet)

Aberporth c 30mm (ave)

Llanwnnen 72.2mm (wet)

PS c 50mm (r wet)

MH c 70mm (v wet)

Nott c 70mm (VW)

Coleshill c 60mm )VW)

Coventry 66mm (VW)

CL 60mm (VW)

Pershore c 80mm (VW)

Hereford c 50mm (VW)

Sunshine 1st to 14th:

Llanwnnen est 17 hours (v dull)

Cov 9 hrs (v dull)

Sun 15th showery, localised thunder, particularly Hereford area afternoon. 

Very mild last week of Winter 2026:

Tue 24th sunny spells, maxima Pershore College 16.1c, Cardiff BP 15.1c, Hereford 15.0c, Cov & Nott 14.6c, Trawsgoed 14.5c, Lwn 13.2c,  Valley 10.9c.

Wed 25th very mild sunny spells Mids and most here above 15c, WW though mostly cloudy and drizzly, maxima Hereford 16.6c, Cov 15.4c, CL 14.7c, Trawsgoed 14.1c, Lwn 12.7c, Valley 10.2c.

Kew Gardens reached 18.7c today and so one of the highest February readings for the UK (Trawsgoed 20.6c in 2029).

Thu 26th wet day for Wales and Mids later on; CC 37mm (2100), NRW Rhydargaeau 36mm midnight, RY 31mm.

Fri 27th rain continued into early hours, Llanwnnen total 33mm 0900. Parts of the Midlands exceeded an inch today, with particularly heavy downpours evening, Finham (EA) 28mm to midnight. Astwood Bank 22.2mm wettest MO Mids.

Nature notes

Sun 1st first Celandine out end of garden.

Early Feb single Ladybird back garden one sunny afternoon.

Wed 4th many Daffs out promenade, just missed the Starling roost but seems much fewer than recent years.

Fri 6th first Daffs opening in the village by the crossroads.

Mon 9th southern forestry: they have been clearing up the Darragh windfall area at the top for a few weeks. Thousands of trees, they cleared most of the main track just a 30 yard stretch towards the gate blocked which was easy to bypass. Spoke with some of the men, they have had a lot of forests to clear some as bad as this one. He was surprised given the size of some of the trees that they succumbed, I told them many were 80 to 100 years old and so it was surprising they had not been felled half a century ago!  I asked was the timber still in decent condition having been laid over a year ago he said it had dried a bit but had not rotted but had it been left another year perhaps no good by then. Then spoke to one of the lorries about to load up with logs they were from Pentrilas near Hereford. Clearing this vast area much have disturbed wildlife such deer, also saw a Woodcock flying away from one of the last section that was being felled.

Sat 14th forestry has had a large central portion clear felled with no sign of them stopping! Shocked as it is almost unrecognisable and Gwylfa is now an exposed hill top lookout once more. Also they have cleared the other side of the track by the building. It is somewhat reminiscent of a post nuclear landscape hope they don't clear it all! Many of the trees just 10 or 20 years old but amongst older 30 or 40 year olds that were ready to fell.

Mon 16th forest worker (southern) told me when they have finished 9000 tons of timber would have gone (many thousand of trees) and that Caio forest was the worst with 40000 tons wind blow. 

Sat 21st Toad front garden path this very mild damp evening.

Month end still plenty of Snowdrops, the earliest that came out January going over with still new ones just out. Most Daffs out now inc over the road perhaps the most so early (usually some out St David's). Hedges back garden leafing. Lots of Celandines out.

Summary Feb 2026

Very mild and very dull; rainfall average to very wet

Much of the Midlands over twice the average, locally thrice. Parts of N Wales average rainfall for Feb.

Temperatures averaged around 2c above average.

Sunshine under half average for most. Dullest Feb in estimations here at Lwn, just 31 hours (previous dullest 38 hours 2024). Coventry had its dullest Feb since 1965 (when just 22 hrs).

Rainfall totals Feb 2026

Mona, Anglesey 90mm 

Capel Curig, Snowdonia 255mm (ave)

Trawsgoed, Ceredigion 124mm (wet)

Aberporth, near Llangrannog c 80mm (wet)

Llanwnnen 161.7mm (159% Falc/ 131% Lwn)

Pembrey Sands, Carms 108mm (wet)

Milford Haven, Pembs 135mm (v wet)

Nottingham 127mm (well over twice ave))

Shawbury, Salop c 87mm (twice ave)

Coleshill c 105mm (over twice ave)

Coventry, Bablake School 120.4mm (274%)

CL, Warks 90.8mm (227%)

Pershore, Worc 129mm (over 3 times ave)

Hereford c 88mm (v wet)

King's Newnham EA gauge (near Rugby) 98.6mm 

National Resources Wales (NRW) rain gauges Feb 2026

Llyn Cefni, Ynys Mon 101mm (wet)

Bethesda Quarry (Gwynedd) 161mm (ave)

Cwm Dyli (Snowdonia) 330mm (wet)

Abersoch (Llyn Peninsular) 103mm (wet)

Corris (near Machynlleth) 283mm (VW)

Bow Street (near Aberystwyth) 109mm (VW)

Pontrhydfendigaid (near Tregaron, Ceredigion) 148mm (wet)

Rhos Ymryson (near Gorscoch and 5 miles NW of Lwn) 167.6mm (v wet)

Cellan (2 miles NE of Lampeter) 156mm (VW)

Pencader (Carms)  187mm (wet)

Abergorlech (Brechfa Forest, Carms) 191mm (VW)

Rhydargaeau (Carms) 189mm (wet)

Garnswllt (near Ammanford, Carms) 187mm (VW)

Felinfoel (near Llanelli, Carms) 156mm (VW)

Southgate, Gower 114mm (wet)

Ferwig (near Cardigan) 118mm (wet)

Maenclochog (near Preselis, Pembs) 201mm (VW)

Tenby (Pembs) 175mm (twice ave)

Bolton Hill (near Haverfordwest, Pembs) 132mm (wet)

COL stations rainfall Feb 2026

Llansadwrn 118mm (130%)

Ludlow, Salop 114mm (191%)

Alvechurch, Worc 144mm (269%)

Warstock, Brum 141mm (260%)

Hinckley 153mm (316%)

Towcester, Northants 110mm (219%)

Sunshine totals Feb 2026

Valley 37 hrs (v dull)

Aberdaron c 40 hrs (v dull)

Llanwnnen estimated  31 hrs (48%)

Nottingham 34 hrs (v dull)

Shawbury c 30 hrs (v dull)

Coventry, Bablake School 32 hrs (38%)

Shobdon, Herefordshire c 40 hrs (v dull)

COL stations sun Feb 2026

Ludlow 25 hrs (31%)

Alvechurch 33 hrs (44%)

Cosby 

Towcester 48 hrs 

Winter 2025/26 summary

Mild or very mild; wet or very wet; dull to average sun

Rainfall totals Winter 2025/26

Trawsgoed 401mm (wet)

Llanwnnen 610.2mm (156% Falc/ 130% Lwn) indicating the wetter modern Winter.

PS 371mm (wet)

Nott 326mm (v wet)

Coleshill 295mm (v wet)

Coventry 287.5mm (185%)

CL 249.8mm (163%)

KN (EA) 264.6mm

Hereford 284mm (v wet)

Sunshine totals Winter 2025/26

Valley c 199 hrs (average)

Llanwnnen 132 hrs (90%)

Nott 118 hrs (v dull)

Coventry 124 hrs (54%) = dullest since 1971/ 72 (123 hrs)

Shobdon 136 hrs (dull)