Cordele, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cordele's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 50.1 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.8°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,273 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCordele
- Station IDUSC00092266
- Location31.98°N 83.77°W
- Elevation308 ft (94 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population9,767
On October 23, the normal high in Cordele is 77°F and the normal low 51°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cordele.
- Jan 59° 37°
- Feb 63° 40°
- Mar 71° 46°
- Apr 78° 53°
- May 86° 62°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 93° 72°
- Aug 92° 71°
- Sep 87° 66°
- Oct 79° 55°
- Nov 69° 44°
- Dec 61° 39°
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 Cordele each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.04 in), the least in October (2.61 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 37°F | 47.8°F | 4.67 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 40°F | 51.4°F | 4.33 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 46°F | 58.1°F | 4.88 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 53°F | 65.7°F | 4.39 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 86°F | 62°F | 73.8°F | 2.98 | 7 | 10 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 80.0°F | 4.86 | 11 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 93°F | 72°F | 82.4°F | 4.54 | 10 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 92°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 4.09 | 10 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 66°F | 76.3°F | 4.54 | 7 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 55°F | 66.6°F | 2.61 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 44°F | 56.2°F | 3.20 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 39°F | 49.7°F | 5.04 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 54°F | 65.8°F | 50.13 | 97 | 96 | 31 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 3°C | 8.8°C | 119 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.8°C | 110 mm |
| March | 22°C | 8°C | 14.5°C | 124 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 18.7°C | 112 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 76 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 123 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.0°C | 115 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 104 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 115 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 66 mm |
| November | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 81 mm |
| December | 16°C | 4°C | 9.8°C | 128 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00092266; 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 Cordele?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. 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 USC00092266.
When is the last frost in Cordele?
In Cordele, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 13 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 14 in half of years and before November 1 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 131 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 248 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 279 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 26 in half of springs and before November 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cordele in zone 8b in ZIP code 31015, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cordele's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (21 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 USC00092266; 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 Cordele?
In a normal year in Cordele, 96 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 31 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 97 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 96a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 5a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 31a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 97a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 106°F, on June 5, 1985; the lowest is −3°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 70.85 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 3.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00092266; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00092266. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cordele?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cordele, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.1 |
| February | 73% | 3.6 |
| March | 77% | 4.8 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 84% | 6.5 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 3.4 |
| December | 74% | 2.7 |
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 Cordele need?
A normal year in Cordele brings 2,085 heating degree days, 61% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,393 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 6,202 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 535 | 2 |
| February | 386 | 5 |
| March | 240 | 28 |
| April | 76 | 97 |
| May | 9 | 282 |
| June | 0 | 450 |
| July | 0 | 538 |
| August | 0 | 504 |
| September | 3 | 342 |
| October | 73 | 121 |
| November | 285 | 22 |
| December | 478 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,085 | 2,393 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00092266. 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 Cordele been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 66.2°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.9°F | +0.1°F | 49.13 |
| 2022 | 66.3°F | +0.5°F | 39.11 |
| 2023 | 67.3°F | +1.5°F | 50.41 |
| 2024 | 67.2°F | +1.4°F | 53.66 |
| 2025 | 66.2°F | +0.4°F | 43.14 |
Over 40 complete years from 1939 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.0°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00092266; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cordele's climate compare?
Cordele is warmer than 73 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 36. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.8°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cordele 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 Cordele share this climate record?
9 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.
- Vienna, GA2,914 people · 7 mi N
- Rochelle, GA1,155 people · 19 mi E
- Byromville, GA346 people · 17 mi NW
- Pinehurst, GA305 people · 15 mi N
- Pitts, GA244 people · 14 mi E
- Wenona, GA233 people · 5 mi S
- Lilly, GA130 people · 13 mi NW
- Dooling, GA67 people · 19 mi NW
- Seville, GA32 people · 10 mi E
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 Cordele's climate
What is the coldest month in Cordele?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Cordele?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Cordele?
December, with 5.04 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.61 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cordele in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cordele in zone 8b in ZIP code 31015, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Cordele's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Cordele?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 13; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Crisp County Power Dam, GA14 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Ashburn, GA22 miles from this station, 65.6°F a year
- Hawkinsville, GA27 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Americus, GA28 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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