Pridgen, Georgia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Pridgen's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 47.5 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 18.6°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,206 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPridgen
- Station IDUSC00097171
- Location31.70°N 82.92°W
- Elevation300 ft (91 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Pridgen is 76°F and the normal low 52°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 Pridgen.
- Jan 60° 37°
- Feb 64° 40°
- Mar 70° 46°
- Apr 78° 52°
- May 85° 60°
- Jun 89° 68°
- Jul 92° 70°
- Aug 90° 70°
- Sep 86° 66°
- Oct 78° 55°
- Nov 69° 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 at Pridgen each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in August (5.84 in), the least in October (2.58 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 37°F | 48.5°F | 4.21 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 40°F | 52.2°F | 4.28 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 46°F | 58.0°F | 4.81 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 52°F | 65.0°F | 3.19 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 60°F | 72.3°F | 2.72 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 89°F | 68°F | 78.3°F | 4.87 | 11 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 70°F | 81.0°F | 4.61 | 11 | 22 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 90°F | 70°F | 80.2°F | 5.84 | 11 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 86°F | 66°F | 76.0°F | 3.48 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 55°F | 66.8°F | 2.58 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 44°F | 56.7°F | 2.79 | 5 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 63°F | 40°F | 51.2°F | 4.10 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 54°F | 65.5°F | 47.48 | 96 | 70 | 34 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 107 mm |
| February | 18°C | 4°C | 11.2°C | 109 mm |
| March | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 122 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.3°C | 81 mm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.4°C | 69 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 124 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.2°C | 117 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 148 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 88 mm |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 19.3°C | 66 mm |
| November | 21°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 71 mm |
| December | 17°C | 4°C | 10.7°C | 104 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00097171; 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.
Which months are mildest at Pridgen?
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 USC00097171.
When is the last frost at Pridgen?
In Pridgen, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 12 in half of years and after March 29 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 29; 9 in 10 after February 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 252 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 285 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 25 in half of springs and before December 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pridgen in zone 9a in ZIP code 31519, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 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 USC00097171; 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 at Pridgen?
In a normal year in Pridgen, 70 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 34 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 96 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 70a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 34a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 96a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 2000) is 104°F, on June 24, 2022; the lowest is 14°F, on January 25, 2003.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2021, with 65.19 in; the snowiest season is 2024–25, with 4.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00097171; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00097171. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Pridgen?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Pridgen, 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Pridgen record?
A normal year at Pridgen brings 1,993 heating degree days, 63% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,205 cooling degree days, 2.4 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 6,061 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 515 | 4 |
| February | 366 | 6 |
| March | 242 | 23 |
| April | 83 | 83 |
| May | 12 | 240 |
| June | 0 | 399 |
| July | 0 | 496 |
| August | 0 | 471 |
| September | 2 | 332 |
| October | 67 | 122 |
| November | 271 | 21 |
| December | 436 | 8 |
| Year (annual) | 1,993 | 2,205 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00097171. 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.
Have recent years at Pridgen been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 67.2°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.5°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.8°F | +0.3°F | 65.19 |
| 2022 | 66.0°F | +0.5°F | 34.67 |
| 2024 | 67.5°F | +2.0°F | 62.98 |
| 2025 | 67.2°F | +1.7°F | 46.13 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00097171. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Pridgen's climate compare?
Pridgen is warmer than 69 of the 101 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 15. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.5°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pridgen 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 Pridgen share this climate record?
3 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.
- Broxton, GA1,076 people · 5 mi SE
- Ambrose, GA343 people · 9 mi SW
- Jacksonville, GA104 people · 9 mi N
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 Pridgen's climate
What is the coldest month at Pridgen?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow at Pridgen?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month at Pridgen?
August, with 5.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.58 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pridgen in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pridgen in zone 9a in ZIP code 31519, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Pridgen?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 12; in one year in ten it comes after March 29. Waiting until March 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Douglas, GA16 miles from this station, 66.4°F a year
- Fitzgerald, GA19 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Hazlehurst, GA24 miles from this station, 66.1°F a year
- Alma, GA27 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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