Donalsonville, GA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Donalsonville's primary NOAA station, DONALSONVILLE.
The climate verdict for Donalsonville
Water is the standout signal in Donalsonville, Georgia: 56.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 67°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 67°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 56.9"
- precipitation, annual total
- 262 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Donalsonville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00092738 · Donalsonville, GA 67°F mean · 56.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 67°F
- RANK-WARM #6,312
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Corsicana Campb…
- PRCP-WET 56.9"
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00092738
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Corsicana Campbell Fld, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every GA station list.
- Donalsonville (this station) 67°F
- Hot Glenwood, HI 67°F
- Near Corsicana Campb…, TX 67°F
- Near Covington, LA 67°F
- Near Crestview Bob S…, FL 67°F
Donalsonville sits in Georgia, the #6 hottest U.S. state at 63.4°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Donalsonville
Donalsonville: 78/100 · grade B
Donalsonville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Donalsonville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 67.0°F · 0.5° from 67.5°F | 96/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 262 days/year | 92/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 66 calendar days | 87/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 56.9 in · 21.9 from 35 in | 22/100 · F |
Donalsonville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Donalsonville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 49.0°F and warmest-month mean 82.0°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 82.0°F
- Coldest month
- 49.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Donalsonville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Donalsonville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 8% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Donalsonville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 9% wettest
- Donalsonville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 86%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Donalsonville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Donalsonville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Donalsonville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 4.8" | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.8" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 5.3" | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| April | 78°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| May | 85°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (24°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 13.5 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.8" | 0.0 | 21.1 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.1" | 0.0 | 26.0 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 5.7" | 0.0 | 24.3 |
| September | 87°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.4" | 0.0 | 17.8 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 4.6 |
| November | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 3.6" | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| December | 62°F (17°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.7" | 5.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Donalsonville runs from a mild 38°F around January 11 to 92°F at the peak near July 26, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 23 through August 27, covering 66 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 8 to November 14.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 38°F around January 11.
The widest day
November 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Donalsonville.
Where Donalsonville Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 57 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 66 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Donalsonville earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Donalsonville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 31% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Donalsonville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 33°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 6.1" and October 3.1". The three wettest months together take 31% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
262 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,796
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,536
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside GA closest to Donalsonville on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (67°F here).
- Covington, LA 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Johnson City, TX 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Waveland, MS 67°F · 0.0°F off
- Alexandria, LA 67°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (56.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bremerton, WA 56.9" · 0.0" off
- Thomasville, AL 56.9" · 0.0" off
- Collierville, TN 57.0" · 0.0" off
- Decaturville, TN 56.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Donalsonville's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Donalsonville averages 56.9 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Donalsonville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 33.0°F. The annual average is 67°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Donalsonville's normal, at 1,796 and 2,536 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 262 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Donalsonville's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Donalsonville, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Donalsonville's primary station: DONALSONVILLE (USC00092738). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1323368). Match rule for Donalsonville: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Donalsonville comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.