Cedartown, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cedartown's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 52.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.8°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,342 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCedartown
- Station IDUSC00091732
- Location34.06°N 85.23°W
- Elevation785 ft (239 m)
- Population10,313
On October 23, the normal high in Cedartown is 73°F and the normal low 47°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 Cedartown.
- Jan 53° 32°
- Feb 58° 35°
- Mar 66° 42°
- Apr 75° 49°
- May 82° 58°
- Jun 88° 67°
- Jul 91° 70°
- Aug 91° 69°
- Sep 85° 63°
- Oct 75° 50°
- Nov 64° 39°
- Dec 56° 35°
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 Cedartown each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in March (5.27 in), the least in August (3.55 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 32°F | 42.8°F | 4.90 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 35°F | 46.3°F | 5.10 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 42°F | 53.8°F | 5.27 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 49°F | 62.1°F | 4.43 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 58°F | 69.7°F | 4.02 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 67°F | 77.4°F | 3.91 | 9 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 91°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 4.93 | 9 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 91°F | 69°F | 80.0°F | 3.55 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 63°F | 74.0°F | 3.73 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 50°F | 62.8°F | 3.64 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 39°F | 51.6°F | 4.40 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 35°F | 45.3°F | 4.95 | 9 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 51°F | 62.2°F | 52.83 | 95 | 58 | 69 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 0°C | 6.0°C | 124 mm |
| February | 14°C | 2°C | 7.9°C | 130 mm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 134 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 16.7°C | 113 mm |
| May | 28°C | 14°C | 20.9°C | 102 mm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 99 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 125 mm |
| August | 33°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 90 mm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.3°C | 95 mm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 17.1°C | 92 mm |
| November | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 112 mm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.4°C | 126 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Rome station (13 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 USC00091732; 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 Cedartown?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. 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 USC00091732.
When is the last frost in Cedartown?
In Cedartown, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 30 in half of years and after April 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 4 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
- March 301 year in 10 after April 14; 9 in 10 after March 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 41 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 219 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 244 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 16 in half of springs and before November 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedartown in zone 8a in ZIP code 30125, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cedartown's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°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 USC00091732; 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 Cedartown?
In a normal year in Cedartown, 58 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 69 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 95 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 58a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 69a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 95a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1896) is 105°F, on August 4, 1947; the lowest is −10°F, on February 13, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 75.36 in; the snowiest season is 1986–87, with 13.1 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00091732; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00091732. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cedartown?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cedartown, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 65% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 79% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 76% | 2.9 |
| 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 Cedartown need?
A normal year in Cedartown brings 2,921 heating degree days, 46% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,926 cooling degree days, 2.1 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 5,279 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 689 | 1 |
| February | 524 | 2 |
| March | 360 | 11 |
| April | 144 | 57 |
| May | 35 | 181 |
| June | 1 | 373 |
| July | 0 | 482 |
| August | 0 | 463 |
| September | 10 | 278 |
| October | 138 | 69 |
| November | 410 | 7 |
| December | 612 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,921 | 1,926 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00091732. 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 Cedartown been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 63.2°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.2°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.2°F | at normal | 65.96 |
| 2022 | 62.3°F | +0.1°F | 58.62 |
| 2023 | 63.2°F | +1.0°F | 50.20 |
Over 64 complete years from 1940 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.8°F per century (+0.04°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00091732; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cedartown's climate compare?
Cedartown is warmer than 38 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 59. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.2°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cedartown 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 Cedartown share this climate record?
7 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.
- Rockmart, GA5,284 people · 11 mi E
- Piedmont, AL4,706 people · 24 mi SW
- Lindale, GA4,611 people · 9 mi N
- Aragon, GA1,503 people · 10 mi E
- Cave Spring, GA1,215 people · 7 mi NW
- Edwardsville, AL219 people · 16 mi SW
- Spring Garden, AL171 people · 19 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.
Questions about Cedartown's climate
What is the coldest month in Cedartown?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Cedartown?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Cedartown's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Rome station (13 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Cedartown?
March, with 5.27 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.55 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cedartown in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cedartown in zone 8a in ZIP code 30125, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cedartown's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Cedartown?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 30; in one year in ten it comes after April 14. Waiting until April 14 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rome, GA21 miles from this station, 61.8°F a year
- Cartersville, GA22 miles from this station, 60.8°F a year
- Centre, AL27 miles from this station, 59.7°F a year
- Dallas, GA28 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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