Atlanta, Texas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Atlanta's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 50.3 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.9 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.9°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,277 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAtlanta
- Station IDUSC00410408
- Location33.12°N 94.17°W
- Elevation315 ft (96 m)
- Population5,448
On October 9, the normal high in Atlanta is 81°F and the normal low 55°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 Atlanta.
- Jan 56° 33°
- Feb 60° 37°
- Mar 69° 43°
- Apr 76° 51°
- May 83° 60°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 94° 72°
- Aug 95° 71°
- Sep 88° 64°
- Oct 78° 52°
- Nov 66° 42°
- Dec 58° 36°
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 Atlanta each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.17 in), the least in August (3.10 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 33°F | 44.6°F | 4.12 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 37°F | 48.3°F | 4.67 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 43°F | 56.0°F | 4.51 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 51°F | 63.4°F | 4.46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 60°F | 71.8°F | 5.17 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 79.6°F | 3.86 | 7 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 94°F | 72°F | 83.1°F | 3.29 | 7 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 95°F | 71°F | 82.9°F | 3.10 | 6 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 64°F | 76.2°F | 3.86 | 6 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 4.42 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 42°F | 54.2°F | 4.06 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 36°F | 47.0°F | 4.76 | 8 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 64.3°F | 50.28 | 90 | 98 | 54 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 1°C | 7.0°C | 105 mm |
| February | 16°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 119 mm |
| March | 20°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 115 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.4°C | 113 mm |
| May | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 131 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.4°C | 98 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.4°C | 84 mm |
| August | 35°C | 22°C | 28.3°C | 79 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 98 mm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 112 mm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 103 mm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.3°C | 121 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410408; 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 Atlanta?
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 (7).
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 USC00410408.
When is the last frost in Atlanta?
In Atlanta, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 19 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 28 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 191 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 237 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 265 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 5 in half of springs and before November 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Atlanta in zone 8b in ZIP code 75551, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Atlanta's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (18 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Texas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00410408; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 Atlanta?
In a normal year in Atlanta, 98 days a year reach 90°F (16 of them 100°F or more), 54 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 90 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 98a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 16a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 54a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 90a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00410408.
How sunny is Atlanta?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Atlanta, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.7 |
| February | 65% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 4.2 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 84% | 6.4 |
| August | 85% | 6.0 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 75% | 2.9 |
| December | 71% | 2.4 |
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 Atlanta need?
A normal year in Atlanta brings 2,557 heating degree days, 52% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,348 cooling degree days, 2.6 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,919 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 633 | 3 |
| February | 472 | 4 |
| March | 300 | 23 |
| April | 119 | 69 |
| May | 20 | 231 |
| June | 0 | 438 |
| July | 0 | 560 |
| August | 0 | 553 |
| September | 5 | 340 |
| October | 106 | 106 |
| November | 341 | 17 |
| December | 562 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,557 | 2,348 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00410408. 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.
Has Atlanta been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 65.6°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.3°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2024 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 66.2°F | +1.9°F | 66.13 |
| 2025 | 65.6°F | +1.3°F | 52.33 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00410408. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Atlanta's climate compare?
Atlanta is warmer than 103 of the other 320 places with their own NOAA record in Texas, and wetter than 284. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.3°F is warmer than 86%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Atlanta 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 Atlanta share this climate record?
8 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.
- Vivian, LA2,922 people · 20 mi SE
- Linden, TX1,812 people · 14 mi SW
- Queen City, TX1,391 people · 2 mi NE
- Bloomburg, TX331 people · 6 mi E
- Douglassville, TX211 people · 12 mi NW
- Ida, LA209 people · 18 mi SE
- Bivins, TX198 people · 7 mi S
- Rodessa, LA184 people · 14 mi SE
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 Atlanta's climate
What is the coldest month in Atlanta?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Atlanta?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.9 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Atlanta?
May, with 5.17 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Atlanta in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Atlanta in zone 8b in ZIP code 75551, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Atlanta's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Atlanta?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 19; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Texas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wright Patman Dam & Lake, TX12 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Texarkana, TX22 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Texarkana, AR24 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Jefferson, TX27 miles from this station, 64.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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