Albany, GA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Albany's primary NOAA station, ALBANY 3 SE.
The climate verdict for Albany
Water is the standout signal in Albany, Georgia: 52.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. It scores 87/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 87% of them.
- 66°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 87/100
- comfort score, above 87% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.5"
- annual precipitation
- 255 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Albany: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00090140 · Albany, GA 66°F mean · 52.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abilene Rgnl
- PRCP-WET 52.5"
- SWING-MID 34°F
- COMF-TOP 87/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00090140
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Abilene Rgnl, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every GA station list.
- Albany (this station) 66°F
- Hot Camilla, GA 66°F
- Near Abilene Rgnl, TX 66°F
- Near Alexandria Esle…, LA 66°F
- Near Benbrook Dam, TX 66°F
Albany sits in Georgia, the #6 hottest U.S. state at 63.4°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Albany
Albany: 81/100 · grade B
Albany publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Albany, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 87/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.0°F · 1.5° from 67.5°F | 94/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 255 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 64 calendar days | 87/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 52.5 in · 17.5 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
Albany · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Albany is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.4°F and warmest-month mean 81.9°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 81.9°F
- Coldest month
- 48.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Albany sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Albany's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 10% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Albany sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 14% wettest
- Albany's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 85%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Albany is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Albany compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Albany's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
87 Top 13% score exceeds 87% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Albany's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 105 complete annual observations from 1893 to 2020, ALBANY 3 SE cooled at a fitted rate of 0.05°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Albany primary station fitted change -0.05 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.1 |
| April | 78°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| May | 85°F (29°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.5 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.3 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 5.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.8 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| September | 87°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.8 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 62°F (17°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 9.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Albany runs from a mild 37°F around January 14 to 92°F at the peak near July 20, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 22 through August 24, covering 64 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 12 to November 12.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 37°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 3, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 22 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 106 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Albany.
Where Albany Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 64 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
Albany earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
9.6 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
Albany spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Albany has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 33.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 5.7" and May 3.0". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Albany, it arrives in quantity
52.5" of precipitation falls across only about 105 wet days here, averaging 0.50 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 105 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.50 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Albany's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
255 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,972
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,375
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside GA closest to Albany on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (66°F here).
- Collins, MS 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Fairhope, AL 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Ferris, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Lampasas, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Taylorsville, NC 52.6" · 0.0" off
- Kissimmee, FL 52.6" · 0.0" off
- Clendenin, WV 52.5" · 0.0" off
- Carthage, TN 52.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Albany's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Albany averages 52.5 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Albany's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.5°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Albany's normal, at 1,972 and 2,375 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 255 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Albany's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Albany, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Albany's primary station: ALBANY 3 SE (USC00090140). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1301052). Match rule for Albany: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Albany comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.