Cleveland, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cleveland's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 65.2 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.9°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,655 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCleveland
- Station IDUSC00092006
- Location34.59°N 83.77°W
- Elevation1,567 ft (478 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population3,583
On October 23, the normal high in Cleveland is 69°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cleveland.
- Jan 50° 27°
- Feb 54° 30°
- Mar 61° 35°
- Apr 70° 42°
- May 77° 51°
- Jun 83° 60°
- Jul 86° 64°
- Aug 85° 63°
- Sep 80° 57°
- Oct 71° 45°
- Nov 62° 35°
- Dec 53° 29°
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 Cleveland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.46 in), the least in September (4.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 27°F | 38.8°F | 6.04 | 0.5 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 30°F | 41.7°F | 5.65 | 0.4 | 12 | <1 | 19 | 11 h |
| March | 61°F | 35°F | 48.2°F | 5.95 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 42°F | 56.2°F | 5.20 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 77°F | 51°F | 63.9°F | 4.75 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 83°F | 60°F | 71.3°F | 5.09 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 4.76 | 0.0 | 13 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 85°F | 63°F | 73.8°F | 6.04 | 0.0 | 13 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 80°F | 57°F | 68.4°F | 4.69 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 45°F | 58.1°F | 5.39 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 35°F | 48.2°F | 5.15 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 29°F | 41.3°F | 6.46 | 0.2 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 45°F | 57.1°F | 65.17 | 1.1 | 137 | 17 | 97 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −3°C | 3.8°C | 153 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.4°C | 144 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 9.0°C | 151 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 21°C | 6°C | 13.4°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 15°C | 21.8°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 153 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 7°C | 14.5°C | 137 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 2°C | 9.0°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 164 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00092006; 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 Cleveland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, 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 USC00092006.
When is the last frost in Cleveland?
In Cleveland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 14 in half of years and after May 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 12 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 141 year in 10 after May 2; 9 in 10 after March 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 218 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cleveland in zone 7b in ZIP code 30528, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cleveland's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°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 USC00092006; 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 Cleveland?
In a normal year in Cleveland, 17 days a year reach 90°F, 97 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 137 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 97a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 137a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1972) is 102°F, on July 2, 2012; the lowest is 0°F, on January 8, 2014.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 92.79 in; the snowiest season is 1987–88, with 15.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00092006; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00092006. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cleveland?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cleveland, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.7 |
| February | 69% | 3.3 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 78% | 6.1 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 78% | 3.0 |
| December | 70% | 2.3 |
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 Cleveland need?
A normal year in Cleveland brings 3,865 heating degree days, 28% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 997 cooling degree days, 10% 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 3,809 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 811 | 0 |
| February | 652 | 0 |
| March | 520 | 1 |
| April | 274 | 10 |
| May | 98 | 64 |
| June | 7 | 194 |
| July | 0 | 302 |
| August | 0 | 273 |
| September | 31 | 133 |
| October | 232 | 18 |
| November | 507 | 1 |
| December | 733 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,865 | 997 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00092006. 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 Cleveland been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 57.8°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 57.1°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 57.7°F | +0.6°F | 69.65 | 1.2 |
| 2022 | 57.4°F | +0.3°F | 66.53 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 58.3°F | +1.2°F | 67.56 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 59.0°F | +1.9°F | 70.61 | – |
| 2025 | 57.8°F | +0.7°F | 60.51 | 0.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00092006. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cleveland's climate compare?
Cleveland is warmer than 2 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 81. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.1°F is warmer than 67%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cleveland 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 Cleveland share this climate record?
2 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.
- Dahlonega, GA7,830 people · 13 mi W
- Clermont, GA1,141 people · 7 mi S
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 Cleveland's climate
What is the coldest month in Cleveland?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Cleveland?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 0 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cleveland?
December, with 6.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 4.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cleveland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cleveland in zone 7b in ZIP code 30528, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cleveland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Cleveland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 2. Waiting until May 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Sautee (3 mi W), GA6 miles from this station, 56.5°F a year
- Helen, GA8 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Clarkesville, GA13 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Cornelia, GA14 miles from this station, 58.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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