Rocky Ford, GA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Rocky Ford's primary NOAA station, ROCKY FORD 4SE.
The climate verdict for Rocky Ford
Water is the standout signal in Rocky Ford, Georgia: 48.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 64°F. It scores 96/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 96% of them.
- 64°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.4"
- precipitation, annual total
- 246 days
- frost-free growing season
Rocky Ford: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00097528 · Rocky Ford, GA 64°F mean · 48.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Alabaster Shelb…
- PRCP-MID 48.4"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00097528
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Alabaster Shelby County, AL (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every GA station list.
- Rocky Ford (this station) 64°F
- Hot Belzoni, MS 64°F
- Near Alabaster Shelb…, AL 64°F
- Near Ashland, LA 64°F
- Near Bamberg, SC 64°F
Rocky Ford sits in Georgia, the #6 hottest U.S. state at 63.4°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Rocky Ford
Rocky Ford: 83/100 · grade B
Rocky Ford publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Rocky Ford, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 64.4°F · 3.1° from 67.5°F | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 57 calendar days | 90/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 246 days/year | 87/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 48.4 in · 13.4 from 35 in | 53/100 · D |
Rocky Ford · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Rocky Ford is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 46.7°F and warmest-month mean 81.3°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 81.3°F
- Coldest month
- 46.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Rocky Ford sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Rocky Ford's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 14% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Rocky Ford sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 23% wettest
- Rocky Ford's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Rocky Ford is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Rocky Ford compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Rocky Ford's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
96 Top 4% score exceeds 96% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.2" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.6" | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 69°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.3" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (25°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.3" | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| June | 89°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 5.7" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.9" | 0.0 | 21.3 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 18.8 |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 8.9 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 3.2" | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 3.5" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Rocky Ford runs from a mild 36°F around January 14 to 92°F at the peak near July 18, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 25 through August 20, covering 57 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 23 to November 7.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 36°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 30, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 29 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 80 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 20 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Rocky Ford.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
7.0 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
Rocky Ford spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 34% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Rocky Ford has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 34.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.9" and November 2.9". The three wettest months together take 34% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Rocky Ford, it arrives in quantity
48.4" of precipitation falls across only about 80 wet days here, averaging 0.61 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 80 a year, 22% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.61 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
246 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,301
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,120
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside GA closest to Rocky Ford on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (64°F here).
- Ashland, LA 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Bamberg, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Belzoni, MS 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton, LA 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Benton, PA 48.4" · 0.0" off
- Bath, ME 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Washburn, MO 48.5" · 0.0" off
- Johnston, SC 48.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Rocky Ford's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Rocky Ford averages 48.4 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Rocky Ford's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.6°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Rocky Ford's normal, at 2,301 and 2,120 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 246 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Rocky Ford's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Rocky Ford, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Rocky Ford's primary station: ROCKY FORD 4SE (USC00097528). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1366444). Match rule for Rocky Ford: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Rocky Ford comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.