Newton, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Newton's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 52.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.8°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,342 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNewton (8 mi W)
- Station IDUSW00063828
- Location31.31°N 84.47°W
- Elevation176 ft (54 m)
- Population560
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Newton.
- Jan 61° 38°
- Feb 65° 40°
- Mar 72° 47°
- Apr 78° 52°
- May 86° 61°
- Jun 89° 68°
- Jul 92° 71°
- Aug 90° 71°
- Sep 87° 65°
- Oct 80° 54°
- Nov 70° 44°
- 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 Newton 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 March (5.88 in), the least in October (2.59 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 38°F | 49.1°F | 4.26 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 65°F | 40°F | 52.6°F | 4.66 | 11 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 72°F | 47°F | 59.5°F | 5.88 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 52°F | 65.2°F | 4.38 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 61°F | 73.0°F | 2.98 | 10 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 68°F | 78.7°F | 5.18 | 13 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 71°F | 81.0°F | 4.55 | 14 | 22 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 90°F | 71°F | 80.3°F | 5.75 | 14 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 65°F | 76.0°F | 4.30 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 54°F | 66.8°F | 2.59 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 44°F | 57.0°F | 3.54 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 40°F | 51.3°F | 4.78 | 12 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 54°F | 65.9°F | 52.85 | 129 | 78 | 38 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.5°C | 108 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 118 mm |
| March | 22°C | 8°C | 15.3°C | 149 mm |
| April | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 111 mm |
| May | 30°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 76 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 132 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.2°C | 116 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 146 mm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 109 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 19.3°C | 66 mm |
| November | 21°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 90 mm |
| December | 17°C | 4°C | 10.7°C | 121 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Camilla (18 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 USW00063828; 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 Newton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USW00063828.
When is the last frost in Newton?
In Newton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 11 in half of years and after April 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 13 in half of years and before October 29 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 111 year in 10 after April 1; 9 in 10 after February 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 131 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before December 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 245 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 272 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 27 in half of springs and before November 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Newton in zone 8b in ZIP code 39870, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Georgia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00063828; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Newton?
In a normal year in Newton, 78 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 38 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 129 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 78a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 38a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 129a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2002) is 103°F, on June 23, 2022; the lowest is 12°F, on January 22, 2025.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 67.41 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00063828; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00063828. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Newton?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Newton, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.0 |
| February | 72% | 3.6 |
| March | 77% | 4.8 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 83% | 6.5 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.2 |
| November | 81% | 3.4 |
| December | 73% | 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 Newton need?
A normal year in Newton brings 1,910 heating degree days, 64% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,255 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 6,180 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 497 | 6 |
| February | 355 | 8 |
| March | 205 | 33 |
| April | 76 | 80 |
| May | 9 | 257 |
| June | 0 | 411 |
| July | 0 | 498 |
| August | 0 | 474 |
| September | 2 | 331 |
| October | 65 | 123 |
| November | 266 | 25 |
| December | 434 | 10 |
| Year (annual) | 1,910 | 2,255 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00063828. 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 Newton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 66.9°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66.3°F | +0.4°F | 55.65 |
| 2023 | 67.3°F | +1.4°F | 45.07 |
| 2024 | 67.2°F | +1.3°F | 54.87 |
| 2025 | 66.9°F | +1.0°F | 34.65 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00063828. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Newton's climate compare?
Newton is warmer than 75 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 60. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.9°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Newton 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 Newton share this climate record?
4 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.
- Morgan, GA1,826 people · 17 mi NW
- Arlington, GA1,137 people · 18 mi NW
- Leary, GA497 people · 12 mi N
- Damascus, GA203 people · 15 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Newton's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Newton. This page uses Newton (8 mi W); the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton (11 mi SW) USW00063829 | 8 mi S | 156 ft | 66.6°F | 39°F | 91°F | 49.5 | – | March 7 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Newton's climate
What is the coldest month in Newton?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Newton?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Newton's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Camilla (18 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Newton?
March, with 5.88 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.59 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Newton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Newton in zone 8b in ZIP code 39870, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Newton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 11; in one year in ten it comes after April 1. Waiting until April 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Camilla, GA18 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Albany, GA22 miles from this station, 67.7°F a year
- Donalsonville, GA32 miles from this station, 67.0°F a year
- Cairo, GA34 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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