WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. –

Certified pre-owned sales in February beat year-ago figures by more than 10 percent, and the daily selling rate was just a hair away from being the best-ever, according to Autodata Corp.

The firm estimates there were 197,499 CPO sales last month (based on brands reporting results as of Wednesday morning). This would be a 10.3-percent year-over-year gain.

Through two months of 2015, there is already some progress in the CPO market, as year-to-date sales are at an estimated 392,364 units, beating the year-ago pace by 13.6 percent.

Autodata indicates that the daily selling rate was 8,229 units in February. This is up 10.3 percent year-over-year.

While acknowledging that there were only 24 selling days, the firm says this pace narrowly misses the all-time best.