Americus, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Americus's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 53.4 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.9°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,355 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAmericus
- Station IDUSC00090253
- Location32.03°N 84.25°W
- Elevation397 ft (121 m)
- Population15,742
On October 23, the normal high in Americus is 76°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Americus.
- Jan 59° 35°
- Feb 63° 38°
- Mar 70° 43°
- Apr 77° 50°
- May 84° 59°
- Jun 89° 66°
- Jul 91° 70°
- Aug 90° 69°
- Sep 87° 64°
- Oct 78° 53°
- Nov 68° 42°
- Dec 61° 37°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Americus each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in July (5.95 in), the least in October (2.71 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 35°F | 46.9°F | 4.69 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 38°F | 50.2°F | 4.72 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 43°F | 56.4°F | 4.68 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 4.78 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 59°F | 71.4°F | 3.12 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 66°F | 77.7°F | 4.79 | 11 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 70°F | 80.4°F | 5.95 | 12 | 20 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 90°F | 69°F | 79.8°F | 4.62 | 11 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 64°F | 75.3°F | 4.40 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 53°F | 65.5°F | 2.71 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 68°F | 42°F | 55.1°F | 3.50 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 37°F | 49.1°F | 5.39 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 64.2°F | 53.35 | 105 | 60 | 45 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 2°C | 8.3°C | 119 mm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 120 mm |
| March | 21°C | 6°C | 13.6°C | 119 mm |
| April | 25°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 121 mm |
| May | 29°C | 15°C | 21.9°C | 79 mm |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 122 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 151 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 117 mm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 24.1°C | 112 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 69 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 89 mm |
| December | 16°C | 3°C | 9.5°C | 137 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00090253; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Americus?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00090253.
When is the last frost in Americus?
In Americus, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 20 in half of years and after April 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 14 in half of years and before November 1 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 201 year in 10 after April 7; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 4 in half of springs and before November 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Americus in zone 8b in ZIP code 31709, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Georgia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00090253; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Americus?
In a normal year in Americus, 60 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 45 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 105 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 60a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 45a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 105a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1891) is 111°F, on September 5, 1925; the lowest is 2°F, on December 13, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1994, with 80.24 in; the snowiest season is 1993–94, with 2.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00090253; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00090253. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Americus?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Americus, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.9 |
| February | 71% | 3.4 |
| March | 75% | 4.5 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 79% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 80% | 3.2 |
| December | 72% | 2.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Americus need?
A normal year in Americus brings 2,289 heating degree days, 57% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,036 cooling degree days, 2.2 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,696 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 563 | 1 |
| February | 417 | 3 |
| March | 281 | 15 |
| April | 116 | 57 |
| May | 15 | 214 |
| June | 0 | 381 |
| July | 0 | 477 |
| August | 0 | 459 |
| September | 3 | 312 |
| October | 84 | 99 |
| November | 314 | 16 |
| December | 497 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,289 | 2,036 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00090253. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Americus's climate compare?
Americus is warmer than 56 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 63. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.2°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Americus is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Americus share this climate record?
6 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Montezuma, GA2,903 people · 23 mi NE
- Oglethorpe, GA957 people · 21 mi NE
- Smithville, GA621 people · 9 mi S
- Ideal, GA393 people · 24 mi N
- Leslie, GA337 people · 11 mi SE
- Andersonville, GA237 people · 13 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Americus's climate
What is the coldest month in Americus?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Americus?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Americus?
July, with 5.95 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Americus in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Americus in zone 8b in ZIP code 31709, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Americus?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 20; in one year in ten it comes after April 7. Waiting until April 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Americus in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Plains, GA7 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Leesburg, GA19 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Crisp County Power Dam, GA22 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Cordele, GA28 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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