Rome, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Rome's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 50.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.6°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,287 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRome R B Russell Airport
- Station IDUSW00093801
- Location34.35°N 85.16°W
- Elevation639 ft (195 m)
- Population38,747
On October 23, the normal high in Rome is 72°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Rome.
- Jan 53° 32°
- Feb 58° 35°
- Mar 66° 41°
- Apr 74° 48°
- May 82° 57°
- Jun 88° 66°
- Jul 91° 69°
- Aug 91° 68°
- Sep 86° 62°
- Oct 75° 50°
- Nov 64° 39°
- Dec 55° 34°
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 Rome each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.00 in), the least in September (3.42 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 | 53°F | 32°F | 42.3°F | 4.99 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 35°F | 46.3°F | 4.81 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 41°F | 53.4°F | 4.99 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 48°F | 61.4°F | 4.46 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 57°F | 69.5°F | 3.78 | 11 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 66°F | 76.9°F | 3.80 | 12 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 69°F | 80.2°F | 3.74 | 12 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 68°F | 79.5°F | 3.77 | 10 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 86°F | 62°F | 73.8°F | 3.42 | 8 | 10 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 50°F | 62.3°F | 3.75 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 39°F | 51.4°F | 4.17 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 55°F | 34°F | 44.7°F | 5.00 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 50°F | 61.8°F | 50.68 | 126 | 72 | 64 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 0°C | 5.7°C | 127 mm |
| February | 14°C | 2°C | 7.9°C | 122 mm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 11.9°C | 127 mm |
| April | 24°C | 9°C | 16.3°C | 113 mm |
| May | 28°C | 14°C | 20.8°C | 96 mm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 97 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 95 mm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.4°C | 96 mm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.2°C | 87 mm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 95 mm |
| November | 18°C | 4°C | 10.8°C | 106 mm |
| December | 13°C | 1°C | 7.1°C | 127 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Rome's own co-op station Rome station does: 0 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093801; 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 Rome?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USW00093801.
When is the last frost in Rome?
In Rome, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 29 in half of years and after April 15 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 3 in half of years and before October 22 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 291 year in 10 after April 15; 9 in 10 after March 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 31 year in 10 before October 22; 9 in 10 before November 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 219 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 245 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 16 in half of springs and before November 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Rome in zone 8a in ZIP code 30161. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Rome's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (21 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 USW00093801; 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 Rome?
In a normal year in Rome, 72 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 64 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 126 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 72a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 64a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 126a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 108°F, on July 1, 2012; the lowest is −5°F, on January 24, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 68.56 in; the snowiest season is 1963–64, with 9.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093801; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093801. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Rome, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 67°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 69°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (30°F). February is the windiest month (5.1 mph on average).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 63% | 45% | 4.8 mph | – | – |
| February | 35°F | 62% | 42% | 5.1 mph | – | – |
| March | 43°F | 61% | 40% | 5.1 mph | – | – |
| April | 52°F | 66% | 44% | 4.3 mph | – | – |
| May | 62°F | 70% | 48% | 3.6 mph | – | – |
| June | 67°F | 73% | 52% | 3.3 mph | – | – |
| July | 69°F | 73% | 51% | 3.2 mph | – | – |
| August | 66°F | 71% | 48% | 3.2 mph | – | – |
| September | 57°F | 70% | 45% | 3.5 mph | – | – |
| October | 45°F | 69% | 44% | 3.6 mph | – | – |
| November | 37°F | 69% | 47% | 4.1 mph | – | – |
| December | 32°F | 68% | 50% | 4.6 mph | – | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00093801. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Rome?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Rome, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.5 |
| February | 65% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 79% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 76% | 2.9 |
| December | 67% | 2.2 |
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 Rome need?
A normal year in Rome brings 2,974 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,838 cooling degree days, 2.0 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,145 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 702 | 0 |
| February | 525 | 2 |
| March | 367 | 7 |
| April | 152 | 44 |
| May | 30 | 171 |
| June | 1 | 356 |
| July | 0 | 473 |
| August | 0 | 448 |
| September | 8 | 271 |
| October | 144 | 60 |
| November | 415 | 6 |
| December | 630 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,974 | 1,838 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093801. 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 Rome been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.6°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.8°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.2°F | +1.4°F | 61.38 |
| 2022 | 63.1°F | +1.3°F | 53.98 |
| 2023 | 63.6°F | +1.8°F | 50.83 |
| 2024 | 63.7°F | +1.9°F | 57.20 |
| 2025 | 63.6°F | +1.8°F | 49.13 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093801. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Rome's climate compare?
Rome is warmer than 31 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 42. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.8°F is warmer than 79%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Rome 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 Rome share this climate record?
5 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.
- Calhoun, GA19,592 people · 17 mi NE
- Adairsville, GA5,029 people · 14 mi E
- Berry College, GA1,712 people · 4 mi S
- Shannon, GA1,618 people · 4 mi E
- Plainville, GA357 people · 8 mi NE
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 Rome's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Rome. This page uses Rome R B Russell Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome station USC00097600 | 7 mi S | 685 ft | 60.4°F | 30°F | 90°F | 55.1 | 0 | April 1 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Rome's climate
What is the coldest month in Rome?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Rome?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Rome's NOAA station; Rome's own co-op station Rome station records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Rome?
December, with 5.00 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.42 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Rome in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Rome in zone 8a in ZIP code 30161. By the same method at Rome's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 13°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Rome?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 29; in one year in ten it comes after April 15. Waiting until April 15 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Rome in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Summerville, GA15 miles from this station, 59.8°F a year
- Cedartown, GA21 miles from this station, 62.2°F a year
- Cartersville, GA24 miles from this station, 60.8°F a year
- Allatoona Dam 2, GA28 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
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