Eastman, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Eastman's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 47.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.7°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,193 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEastman (1 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00092966
- Location32.20°N 83.21°W
- Elevation400 ft (122 m)
- Population5,513
On October 23, the normal high in Eastman is 76°F and the normal low 53°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Eastman.
- Jan 59° 38°
- Feb 63° 41°
- Mar 70° 47°
- Apr 77° 53°
- May 84° 62°
- Jun 89° 69°
- Jul 91° 72°
- Aug 90° 71°
- Sep 86° 66°
- Oct 78° 56°
- Nov 69° 46°
- Dec 61° 40°
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 Eastman each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.94 in), the least in October (2.40 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 38°F | 48.5°F | 4.41 | 7 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 41°F | 51.9°F | 4.03 | 6 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 47°F | 58.2°F | 4.36 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 53°F | 65.0°F | 3.46 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 62°F | 72.9°F | 2.70 | 5 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 69°F | 78.9°F | 4.52 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 72°F | 81.5°F | 4.94 | 9 | 23 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 90°F | 71°F | 80.9°F | 4.51 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 86°F | 66°F | 76.2°F | 3.86 | 6 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 56°F | 67.0°F | 2.40 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 46°F | 57.2°F | 3.01 | 5 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 40°F | 50.8°F | 4.78 | 7 | <1 | 8 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 55°F | 65.7°F | 46.98 | 79 | 76 | 31 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 4°C | 9.2°C | 112 mm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 11.1°C | 102 mm |
| March | 21°C | 8°C | 14.6°C | 111 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 88 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.7°C | 69 mm |
| June | 32°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 115 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.5°C | 125 mm |
| August | 32°C | 22°C | 27.2°C | 115 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 98 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 61 mm |
| November | 20°C | 8°C | 14.0°C | 76 mm |
| December | 16°C | 5°C | 10.4°C | 121 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Hawkinsville (16 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 USC00092966; 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 Eastman?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (5).
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 USC00092966.
When is the last frost in Eastman?
In Eastman, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 5 in half of years and after March 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 24 in half of years and before November 6 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 51 year in 10 after March 26; 9 in 10 after February 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 241 year in 10 before November 6; 9 in 10 before December 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 263 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 298 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 16 in half of springs and before December 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eastman in zone 8b in ZIP code 31023, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Eastman'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 USC00092966; 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 Eastman?
In a normal year in Eastman, 76 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 31 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 79 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 76a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a 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
- 79a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1891) is 110°F, on June 28, 1954; the lowest is −2°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1920, with 60.21 in; the snowiest season is 1976–77, with 3.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00092966; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00092966. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Eastman?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Eastman, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.9 |
| February | 72% | 3.5 |
| March | 75% | 4.6 |
| April | 80% | 5.8 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 81% | 6.2 |
| July | 82% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 81% | 4.1 |
| November | 80% | 3.2 |
| December | 73% | 2.5 |
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 Eastman need?
A normal year in Eastman brings 1,990 heating degree days, 63% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,285 cooling degree days, 2.5 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 6,140 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 512 | 2 |
| February | 373 | 5 |
| March | 239 | 27 |
| April | 86 | 86 |
| May | 11 | 257 |
| June | 0 | 417 |
| July | 0 | 512 |
| August | 0 | 491 |
| September | 3 | 338 |
| October | 62 | 123 |
| November | 258 | 22 |
| December | 447 | 5 |
| Year (annual) | 1,990 | 2,285 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00092966. 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 Eastman been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 66.0°F, 0.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.7°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.1°F | −0.6°F | 56.53 |
| 2022 | 65.0°F | −0.7°F | 43.81 |
| 2024 | 66.5°F | +0.8°F | 48.17 |
| 2025 | 66.0°F | +0.3°F | 39.04 |
Over 50 complete years from 1949 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.5°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00092966; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Eastman's climate compare?
Eastman is warmer than 71 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 11. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.7°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Eastman 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 Eastman share this climate record?
8 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.
- McRae-Helena, GA5,186 people · 20 mi SE
- Abbeville, GA2,845 people · 16 mi S
- Chester, GA1,479 people · 14 mi N
- Milan, GA608 people · 15 mi SE
- Empire, GA447 people · 10 mi NW
- Cadwell, GA421 people · 14 mi NE
- Rhine, GA287 people · 15 mi S
- Chauncey, GA286 people · 10 mi SE
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 Eastman's climate
What is the coldest month in Eastman?
January, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Eastman?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Eastman's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Hawkinsville (16 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Eastman?
July, with 4.94 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.40 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Eastman in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Eastman in zone 8b in ZIP code 31023, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Eastman'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 Eastman?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 5; in one year in ten it comes after March 26. Waiting until March 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hawkinsville, GA16 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Dublin, GA30 miles from this station, 64.9°F a year
- Fitzgerald, GA34 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Cordele, GA37 miles from this station, 65.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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