Cartersville, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cartersville's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 48.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.0°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,221 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCartersville Airport
- Station IDUSW00053873
- Location34.12°N 84.85°W
- Elevation763 ft (233 m)
- Population25,082
On October 23, the normal high in Cartersville is 71°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cartersville.
- Jan 52° 31°
- Feb 57° 34°
- Mar 65° 40°
- Apr 73° 47°
- May 81° 56°
- Jun 87° 64°
- Jul 90° 68°
- Aug 89° 67°
- Sep 84° 61°
- Oct 74° 49°
- Nov 63° 39°
- Dec 55° 34°
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 Cartersville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in March (4.72 in), the least in October (3.25 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 | 52°F | 31°F | 41.8°F | 4.29 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 57°F | 34°F | 45.5°F | 4.69 | 12 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 40°F | 52.5°F | 4.72 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 47°F | 60.2°F | 4.15 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 56°F | 68.3°F | 3.67 | 11 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 87°F | 64°F | 75.6°F | 3.79 | 12 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 3.88 | 14 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 89°F | 67°F | 78.1°F | 3.44 | 11 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 61°F | 72.5°F | 3.63 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 49°F | 61.6°F | 3.25 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 39°F | 50.8°F | 4.06 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 34°F | 44.3°F | 4.49 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 49°F | 60.8°F | 48.06 | 131 | 55 | 68 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | 0°C | 5.4°C | 109 mm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.5°C | 119 mm |
| March | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 120 mm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.7°C | 105 mm |
| May | 27°C | 13°C | 20.2°C | 93 mm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.2°C | 96 mm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 99 mm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 25.6°C | 87 mm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.5°C | 92 mm |
| October | 23°C | 10°C | 16.4°C | 83 mm |
| November | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 103 mm |
| December | 13°C | 1°C | 6.8°C | 114 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Allatoona Dam 2 (7 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053873; 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 Cartersville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USW00053873.
When is the last frost in Cartersville?
In Cartersville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 20 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
- April 51 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 237 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cartersville in zone 8a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8a in 30120, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cartersville's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (20 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Georgia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00053873; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Cartersville ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Cartersville's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Cartersville?
In a normal year in Cartersville, 55 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 68 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 131 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 55a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 68a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 131a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2000) is 106°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −2°F, on January 30, 2014.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 65.73 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053873; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00053873. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cartersville?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cartersville, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.6 |
| February | 66% | 3.1 |
| March | 70% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 79% | 6.3 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 76% | 3.0 |
| December | 67% | 2.2 |
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 Cartersville need?
A normal year in Cartersville brings 3,118 heating degree days, 42% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,627 cooling degree days, 79% more than 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 4,858 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 719 | 0 |
| February | 545 | 1 |
| March | 391 | 6 |
| April | 175 | 31 |
| May | 42 | 146 |
| June | 1 | 317 |
| July | 0 | 428 |
| August | 0 | 408 |
| September | 12 | 236 |
| October | 157 | 50 |
| November | 431 | 5 |
| December | 644 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,118 | 1,627 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053873. 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 Cartersville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.3°F, 2.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.8°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.4°F | +1.6°F | 54.37 |
| 2022 | 62.4°F | +1.6°F | 52.83 |
| 2023 | 63.5°F | +2.7°F | 19.59 |
| 2025 | 63.3°F | +2.5°F | 21.99 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053873. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cartersville's climate compare?
Cartersville is warmer than 17 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 18. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.8°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cartersville 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 Cartersville share this climate record?
4 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.
- Euharlee, GA4,139 people · 5 mi W
- Kingston, GA1,100 people · 9 mi NW
- Braswell, GA368 people · 11 mi SW
- Taylorsville, GA265 people · 8 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Cartersville's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Cartersville. This page uses Cartersville Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartersville station USC00091665 | 6 mi NE | 789 ft | 60.2°F | 28°F | 91°F | – | – | April 11 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Cartersville's climate
What is the coldest month in Cartersville?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Cartersville?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Cartersville's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Allatoona Dam 2 (7 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Cartersville?
March, with 4.72 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.25 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cartersville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cartersville in zone 8a across its 2 ZIP code areas (8a in 30120, the largest). By the same method at Cartersville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Cartersville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Cartersville in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Allatoona Dam 2, GA7 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- Dallas, GA11 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Cedartown, GA22 miles from this station, 62.2°F a year
- Rome, GA24 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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