Folkston, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Folkston's normal year runs from 44°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 53.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.3°C, January lows of 7°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,350 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFolkston (9 mi SW)
- Station IDUSC00093465
- Location30.74°N 82.13°W
- Elevation120 ft (37 m)
- Population4,701
On October 23, the normal high in Folkston is 81°F and the normal low 59°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Folkston.
- Jan 67° 44°
- Feb 70° 47°
- Mar 76° 51°
- Apr 83° 57°
- May 88° 64°
- Jun 93° 70°
- Jul 94° 73°
- Aug 93° 73°
- Sep 90° 70°
- Oct 83° 61°
- Nov 75° 52°
- Dec 68° 46°
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 Folkston each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 44°F. The most precipitation falls in August (7.76 in), the least in November (1.89 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67°F | 44°F | 55.2°F | 3.83 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 70°F | 47°F | 58.4°F | 3.37 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 76°F | 51°F | 63.6°F | 3.73 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 83°F | 57°F | 69.7°F | 3.50 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 64°F | 76.1°F | 3.28 | 7 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 93°F | 70°F | 81.5°F | 6.96 | 14 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 94°F | 73°F | 83.6°F | 7.07 | 14 | 28 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 73°F | 83.0°F | 7.76 | 15 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 90°F | 70°F | 79.6°F | 5.59 | 11 | 17 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 83°F | 61°F | 71.9°F | 3.41 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 75°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 1.89 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 68°F | 46°F | 57.4°F | 2.77 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 59°F | 70.3°F | 53.16 | 115 | 114 | 17 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 7°C | 12.9°C | 97 mm |
| February | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 86 mm |
| March | 25°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 95 mm |
| April | 28°C | 14°C | 20.9°C | 89 mm |
| May | 31°C | 18°C | 24.5°C | 83 mm |
| June | 34°C | 21°C | 27.5°C | 177 mm |
| July | 35°C | 23°C | 28.7°C | 180 mm |
| August | 34°C | 23°C | 28.3°C | 197 mm |
| September | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 142 mm |
| October | 28°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 87 mm |
| November | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 48 mm |
| December | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 70 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00093465; 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 Folkston?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, November 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 USC00093465.
When is the last frost in Folkston?
In Folkston, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 26 in half of years and after March 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 7 in half of years and before November 16 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
- February 261 year in 10 after March 21; 9 in 10 after January 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 71 year in 10 before November 16; 9 in 10 before January 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 285 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 320 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 3 in half of springs and before December 30 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Folkston in zone 9a in ZIP code 32046, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Folkston's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (27 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 USC00093465; 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 Folkston?
In a normal year in Folkston, 114 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 17 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 115 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 114a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 17a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 115a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1945) is 106°F, on July 28, 1996; the lowest is 5°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 76.17 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00093465; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00093465. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Folkston?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Folkston, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.8 |
| March | 78% | 4.9 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 77% | 6.0 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 77% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 3.5 |
| December | 75% | 2.8 |
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 Folkston need?
A normal year in Folkston brings 1,109 heating degree days, 79% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,048 cooling degree days, 3.4 times the median (908). One month needs 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,545 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 324 | 19 |
| February | 212 | 26 |
| March | 122 | 79 |
| April | 30 | 171 |
| May | 3 | 347 |
| June | 0 | 495 |
| July | 0 | 575 |
| August | 0 | 560 |
| September | 0 | 438 |
| October | 22 | 235 |
| November | 126 | 72 |
| December | 270 | 33 |
| Year (annual) | 1,109 | 3,048 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00093465. 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 Folkston been warmer than normal lately?
Over 36 complete years from 1960 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.4°F per century (+0.30°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Folkston's climate compare?
Folkston is warmer than 100 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 62. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 70.3°F is warmer than 95%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Folkston 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 Folkston 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.
- Hilliard, FL3,077 people · 13 mi E
- Homeland, GA907 people · 10 mi NE
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 Folkston's climate
What is the coldest month in Folkston?
January, with a normal high of 67°F and a normal low of 44°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow in Folkston?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Folkston?
August, with 7.76 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 1.89 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Folkston in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Folkston in zone 9a in ZIP code 32046, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Folkston's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Folkston?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 26; in one year in ten it comes after March 21. Waiting until March 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fargo (17 mi NE), GA15 miles from this station, 69.3°F a year
- Woodbine, GA29 miles from this station, 66.4°F a year
- Jackson Whitehouse NOLF, FL30 miles from this station, 68.5°F a year
- Jacksonville, FL31 miles from this station, 69.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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