Hazlehurst, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hazlehurst's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 50.9 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 18.9°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,292 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHazlehurst
- Station IDUSC00094204
- Location31.89°N 82.58°W
- Elevation250 ft (76 m)
- Population4,124
On October 23, the normal high in Hazlehurst is 77°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Hazlehurst.
- Jan 60° 38°
- Feb 64° 41°
- Mar 71° 47°
- Apr 78° 53°
- May 85° 62°
- Jun 90° 69°
- Jul 92° 72°
- Aug 91° 71°
- Sep 87° 66°
- Oct 79° 55°
- Nov 70° 45°
- Dec 63° 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 Hazlehurst each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in August (6.87 in), the least in October (2.95 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 38°F | 49.1°F | 4.15 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 41°F | 52.4°F | 4.21 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 47°F | 58.8°F | 4.41 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 53°F | 65.5°F | 3.65 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 62°F | 73.3°F | 3.30 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 90°F | 69°F | 79.2°F | 5.28 | 13 | 19 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 72°F | 82.1°F | 4.50 | 12 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 91°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 6.87 | 13 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 66°F | 76.3°F | 4.47 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 55°F | 66.9°F | 2.95 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 45°F | 57.5°F | 2.98 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 63°F | 40°F | 51.4°F | 4.09 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 50.86 | 119 | 83 | 33 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.5°C | 105 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 107 mm |
| March | 22°C | 8°C | 14.9°C | 112 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 93 mm |
| May | 30°C | 16°C | 22.9°C | 84 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 26.2°C | 134 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 27.8°C | 114 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 174 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 114 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 75 mm |
| November | 21°C | 7°C | 14.2°C | 76 mm |
| December | 17°C | 5°C | 10.8°C | 104 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00094204; 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 Hazlehurst?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00094204.
When is the last frost in Hazlehurst?
In Hazlehurst, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 12 in half of years and after March 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 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 121 year in 10 after March 28; 9 in 10 after February 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 251 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 282 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 24 in half of springs and before December 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hazlehurst in zone 9a in ZIP code 31539, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hazlehurst's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°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 USC00094204; 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 Hazlehurst?
In a normal year in Hazlehurst, 83 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 33 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 119 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 83a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 33a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 119a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1918) is 107°F, on July 11, 1930; the lowest is 10°F, on January 4, 1928.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 62.05 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 1.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00094204; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00094204. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hazlehurst?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hazlehurst, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.0 |
| February | 73% | 3.6 |
| March | 77% | 4.8 |
| April | 80% | 5.8 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 80% | 6.2 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 80% | 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 Hazlehurst need?
A normal year in Hazlehurst brings 1,920 heating degree days, 64% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,366 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 6,270 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 498 | 5 |
| February | 359 | 7 |
| March | 221 | 29 |
| April | 82 | 97 |
| May | 11 | 268 |
| June | 0 | 428 |
| July | 0 | 528 |
| August | 0 | 502 |
| September | 2 | 341 |
| October | 67 | 128 |
| November | 250 | 25 |
| December | 430 | 9 |
| Year (annual) | 1,920 | 2,366 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00094204. 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 Hazlehurst's climate compare?
Hazlehurst is warmer than 77 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 43. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.1°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hazlehurst 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 Hazlehurst share this climate record?
12 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.
- Alamo, GA2,818 people · 21 mi NW
- Mount Vernon, GA1,838 people · 21 mi N
- Lumber City, GA966 people · 7 mi NW
- Satilla, GA847 people · 7 mi S
- Glenwood, GA817 people · 21 mi N
- Ailey, GA527 people · 21 mi N
- Uvalda, GA433 people · 11 mi NE
- Higgston, GA309 people · 24 mi N
- Graham, GA269 people · 7 mi SE
- Denton, GA191 people · 13 mi SW
- Alston, GA175 people · 15 mi NE
- Scotland, GA174 people · 18 mi NW
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 Hazlehurst's climate
What is the coldest month in Hazlehurst?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Hazlehurst?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Hazlehurst?
August, with 6.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.95 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hazlehurst in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hazlehurst in zone 9a in ZIP code 31539, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hazlehurst's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Hazlehurst?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 12; in one year in ten it comes after March 28. Waiting until March 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Baxley, GA12 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
- Pridgen, GA24 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Alma, GA25 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
- Surrency, GA25 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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