Cairo, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records

What is the weather like in Cairo each month?

August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in June (7.07 in), the least in May (2.56 in).

When is the best weather to visit Cairo?

Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).

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.

When is the last frost in Cairo?

In Cairo, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 11 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 21 in half of years and before November 4 in one year in ten.

Last spring frost, half of years after

March 111 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 20

First autumn frost, half of years before

November 211 year in 10 before November 4; 9 in 10 before December 15

NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 255 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 286 days.

A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 25 in half of springs and before December 6 in half of autumns.

The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cairo in zone 9a in ZIP code 39827, the nearest ZIP area.

Frost dates for every NOAA station in Georgia · Frost dates by ZIP code

How hot and how cold does it get in Cairo?

In a normal year in Cairo, 78 days a year reach 90°F, 30 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 90 days bring measurable precipitation.

Days at 90°F or more

78a normal year

Days at 100°F or more

fewer than 1a normal year

Nights at 32°F or colder

30a normal year

Days that stay below freezing

fewer than 1high of 32°F or less

Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation

90a normal year

The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1932) is 105°F, on July 10, 2021; the lowest is 7°F, on January 30, 1966.

The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 86.68 in; the snowiest season is 1989–90, with 6.0 inches.

How sunny is Cairo?

Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cairo, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (73%).

How much heating and cooling does Cairo need?

A normal year in Cairo brings 1,756 heating degree days, 67% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,327 cooling degree days, 2.6 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,342 growing degree days a year above 50°F.

Which places near Cairo share this climate record?

5 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.

• Bradfordville, FL19,548 people · 21 mi S
• Thomasville, GA18,604 people · 14 mi E
• Ochlocknee, GA681 people · 12 mi NE
• Miccosukee, FL407 people · 22 mi SE
• Whigham, GA388 people · 7 mi W

Nearby and next

• Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
• Camilla, GA22 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
• Bainbridge, GA24 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
• Quincy, FL31 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
• Tallahassee, FL34 miles from this station, 68.4°F a year
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