Covington, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Covington's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 50.5 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.7°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,283 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCovington
- Station IDUSC00092318
- Location33.60°N 83.84°W
- Elevation769 ft (234 m)
- Population15,302
On October 23, the normal high in Covington is 71°F and the normal low 50°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 Covington.
- Jan 52° 34°
- Feb 57° 37°
- Mar 65° 43°
- Apr 74° 50°
- May 81° 59°
- Jun 87° 67°
- Jul 89° 71°
- Aug 88° 71°
- Sep 84° 64°
- Oct 74° 53°
- Nov 63° 41°
- Dec 56° 36°
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 Covington each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in March (5.10 in), the least in May (2.93 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. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 34°F | 43.0°F | 4.55 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 57°F | 37°F | 46.8°F | 5.09 | 0.3 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 43°F | 54.0°F | 5.10 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 12 h |
| April | 74°F | 50°F | 61.6°F | 3.42 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 59°F | 69.5°F | 2.93 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 87°F | 67°F | 76.9°F | 4.62 | 0.0 | 9 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 89°F | 71°F | 79.9°F | 4.48 | 0.0 | 10 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 88°F | 71°F | 79.2°F | 4.17 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 64°F | 73.8°F | 3.78 | 0.0 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 53°F | 63.0°F | 3.23 | 0.0 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 41°F | 52.2°F | 4.22 | 0.0 | 7 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 36°F | 45.7°F | 4.91 | 0.3 | 8 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 52°F | 62.1°F | 50.50 | 1.3 | 96 | 52 | 62 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | 1°C | 6.1°C | 116 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 14°C | 3°C | 8.2°C | 129 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 23°C | 10°C | 16.4°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.8°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 24.9°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 21°C | 26.2°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 18°C | 23.2°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 5°C | 11.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.6°C | 125 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00092318; 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 Covington?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September 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 USC00092318.
When is the last frost in Covington?
In Covington, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 22 in half of years and after April 6 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 221 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 141 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 6 in half of springs and before November 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Covington in zone 8b in ZIP code 30014. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Covington's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (15 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Georgia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00092318; 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 Covington?
In a normal year in Covington, 52 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 62 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 96 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 62a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 96a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 110°F, on July 8, 1927; the lowest is −7°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 68.58 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 9.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00092318; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00092318. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Covington?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Covington, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.8 |
| February | 71% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 79% | 5.6 |
| May | 80% | 6.2 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 80% | 4.0 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 72% | 2.4 |
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 Covington need?
A normal year in Covington brings 2,847 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,840 cooling degree days, 2.0 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 5,197 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 682 | 0 |
| February | 511 | 1 |
| March | 355 | 12 |
| April | 149 | 46 |
| May | 32 | 173 |
| June | 1 | 360 |
| July | 0 | 463 |
| August | 0 | 442 |
| September | 7 | 272 |
| October | 124 | 63 |
| November | 390 | 7 |
| December | 597 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,847 | 1,840 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00092318. 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.
How does Covington's climate compare?
Covington is warmer than 37 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 40. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.1°F is warmer than 80%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Covington 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 Covington share this climate record?
11 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.
- Conyers, GA20,111 people · 9 mi NW
- Social Circle, GA5,415 people · 8 mi NE
- Lakeview Estates, GA3,057 people · 13 mi NW
- Oxford, GA2,310 people · 3 mi NW
- Porterdale, GA1,941 people · 3 mi SW
- Walnut Grove, GA1,649 people · 10 mi N
- Rutledge, GA929 people · 14 mi E
- Milstead, GA917 people · 11 mi NW
- Newborn, GA752 people · 10 mi SE
- Mansfield, GA494 people · 8 mi SE
- Jersey, GA154 people · 9 mi N
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 Covington's climate
What is the coldest month in Covington?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Covington?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Covington?
March, with 5.10 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 2.93 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Covington in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Covington in zone 8b in ZIP code 30014. By the same method at Covington's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Covington?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 22; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Covington in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- McDonough, GA14 miles from this station, 62.0°F a year
- Monticello, GA20 miles from this station, 62.0°F a year
- Winder, GA24 miles from this station, 61.3°F a year
- U Of Ga Plant Science, GA26 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
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