Moultrie, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Moultrie's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 50.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.1°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,270 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMoultrie (2 mi ESE)
- Station IDUSC00096087
- Location31.18°N 83.75°W
- Elevation340 ft (104 m)
- Population14,756
On October 23, the normal high in Moultrie is 76°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Moultrie.
- Jan 61° 39°
- Feb 64° 43°
- Mar 71° 48°
- Apr 77° 54°
- May 84° 62°
- Jun 89° 69°
- Jul 90° 71°
- Aug 89° 72°
- Sep 86° 67°
- Oct 78° 57°
- Nov 69° 47°
- Dec 63° 42°
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 Moultrie each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.68 in), the least in May (2.67 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. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 39°F | 49.9°F | 4.77 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 43°F | 53.6°F | 4.29 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 48°F | 59.3°F | 5.19 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 54°F | 65.5°F | 3.54 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 84°F | 62°F | 73.1°F | 2.67 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 69°F | 78.9°F | 5.68 | 12 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 90°F | 71°F | 80.8°F | 5.50 | 12 | 23 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 89°F | 72°F | 80.3°F | 4.57 | 12 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 86°F | 67°F | 76.3°F | 4.42 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 57°F | 67.6°F | 2.92 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 47°F | 58.0°F | 2.86 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 42°F | 52.3°F | 3.59 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 56°F | 66.3°F | 50.00 | 99 | 82 | 21 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 121 mm |
| February | 18°C | 6°C | 12.0°C | 109 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.2°C | 132 mm |
| April | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 90 mm |
| May | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 68 mm |
| June | 31°C | 21°C | 26.1°C | 144 mm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 27.1°C | 140 mm |
| August | 32°C | 22°C | 26.8°C | 116 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 112 mm |
| October | 26°C | 14°C | 19.8°C | 74 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 73 mm |
| December | 17°C | 6°C | 11.3°C | 91 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00096087; 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 Moultrie?
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 (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 USC00096087.
When is the last frost in Moultrie?
In Moultrie, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 6 in half of years and after March 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 27 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 61 year in 10 after March 27; 9 in 10 after February 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 271 year in 10 before November 6; 9 in 10 before December 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 268 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 306 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 18 in half of springs and before December 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moultrie in zone 9a in ZIP code 31768, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Moultrie's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (24 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 USC00096087; 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 Moultrie?
In a normal year in Moultrie, 82 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 21 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 99 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 82a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 21a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 99a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 105°F, on July 21, 1942; the lowest is 0°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 73.45 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 1.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00096087; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00096087. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Moultrie?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Moultrie, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.1 |
| February | 73% | 3.6 |
| March | 77% | 4.8 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 84% | 6.5 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 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 Moultrie need?
A normal year in Moultrie brings 1,779 heating degree days, 67% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,286 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 6,272 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 470 | 4 |
| February | 326 | 8 |
| March | 207 | 30 |
| April | 72 | 89 |
| May | 8 | 261 |
| June | 0 | 417 |
| July | 0 | 490 |
| August | 0 | 476 |
| September | 1 | 340 |
| October | 56 | 137 |
| November | 238 | 27 |
| December | 400 | 8 |
| Year (annual) | 1,779 | 2,286 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00096087. 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 Moultrie been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 67.3°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66.6°F | +0.3°F | – |
| 2022 | 67.3°F | +1.0°F | – |
| 2023 | 68.1°F | +1.8°F | – |
| 2024 | 67.9°F | +1.6°F | – |
| 2025 | 67.3°F | +1.0°F | – |
Over 78 complete years from 1928 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.4°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00096087; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Moultrie's climate compare?
Moultrie is warmer than 81 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 35. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.3°F is warmer than 91%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Moultrie 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 Moultrie share this climate record?
9 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.
- Adel, GA5,752 people · 19 mi E
- Sparks, GA2,068 people · 18 mi E
- Norman Park, GA1,001 people · 7 mi NE
- Doerun, GA729 people · 14 mi NW
- Pavo, GA603 people · 15 mi S
- Coolidge, GA544 people · 13 mi SW
- Berlin, GA528 people · 11 mi SE
- Funston, GA421 people · 8 mi W
- Ellenton, GA219 people · 10 mi E
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 Moultrie's climate
What is the coldest month in Moultrie?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Moultrie?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Moultrie?
June, with 5.68 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 2.67 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Moultrie in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Moultrie in zone 9a in ZIP code 31768, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Moultrie's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 21°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Moultrie?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 6; in one year in ten it comes after March 27. Waiting until March 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Moultrie in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Tifton, GA25 miles from this station, 64.9°F a year
- Camilla, GA27 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Quitman, GA29 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Cairo, GA35 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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