Sandersville, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Sandersville's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 48.6 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.5 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.7°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,235 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSandersville
- Station IDUSC00097777
- Location32.97°N 82.80°W
- Elevation451 ft (138 m)
- Population5,500
On October 23, the normal high in Sandersville is 74°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sandersville.
- Jan 58° 35°
- Feb 61° 37°
- Mar 69° 43°
- Apr 76° 50°
- May 83° 59°
- Jun 89° 67°
- Jul 92° 71°
- Aug 90° 70°
- Sep 85° 65°
- Oct 76° 53°
- Nov 67° 42°
- Dec 60° 37°
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 Sandersville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in August (5.14 in), the least in November (2.88 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 35°F | 46.3°F | 4.40 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 37°F | 49.0°F | 4.13 | 9 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 43°F | 55.8°F | 4.83 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 3.25 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 59°F | 71.0°F | 3.16 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 67°F | 77.8°F | 4.29 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 71°F | 81.3°F | 4.41 | 10 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 90°F | 70°F | 80.0°F | 5.14 | 10 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 85°F | 65°F | 74.8°F | 4.49 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 53°F | 64.6°F | 3.07 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 67°F | 42°F | 54.5°F | 2.88 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 37°F | 48.4°F | 4.56 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 52°F | 63.9°F | 48.61 | 103 | 62 | 47 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 2°C | 7.9°C | 112 mm |
| February | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 105 mm |
| March | 20°C | 6°C | 13.2°C | 123 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 83 mm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.7°C | 80 mm |
| June | 31°C | 20°C | 25.4°C | 109 mm |
| July | 33°C | 22°C | 27.4°C | 112 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.7°C | 131 mm |
| September | 29°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 114 mm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.1°C | 78 mm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.5°C | 73 mm |
| December | 15°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 116 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00097777; 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 Sandersville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September, October and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00097777.
When is the last frost in Sandersville?
In Sandersville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 19 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 13 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 191 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 131 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 241 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 2 in half of springs and before November 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sandersville in zone 8b in ZIP code 31082, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Sandersville's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (18 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 USC00097777; 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 Sandersville?
In a normal year in Sandersville, 62 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 47 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 103 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 62a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 47a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 103a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1914) is 109°F, on July 1, 2012; the lowest is −3°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1992, with 68.02 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 12.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00097777; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00097777. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Sandersville?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Sandersville, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.0 |
| February | 73% | 3.5 |
| March | 76% | 4.6 |
| April | 80% | 5.8 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 3.2 |
| December | 73% | 2.6 |
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 Sandersville need?
A normal year in Sandersville brings 2,430 heating degree days, 55% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,045 cooling degree days, 2.3 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 5,624 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 582 | 2 |
| February | 451 | 3 |
| March | 304 | 17 |
| April | 121 | 61 |
| May | 23 | 207 |
| June | 0 | 386 |
| July | 0 | 504 |
| August | 0 | 464 |
| September | 6 | 298 |
| October | 101 | 89 |
| November | 328 | 13 |
| December | 516 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,430 | 2,045 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00097777. 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 Sandersville been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 65.7°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.0°F | +0.1°F | 50.88 |
| 2022 | 64.5°F | +0.6°F | 46.37 |
| 2023 | 65.5°F | +1.6°F | 56.84 |
| 2024 | 65.7°F | +1.8°F | 56.14 |
Over 54 complete years from 1959 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.2°F per century (+0.23°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00097777; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Sandersville's climate compare?
Sandersville is warmer than 51 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 26. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.9°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sandersville 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 Sandersville share this climate record?
8 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.
- Davisboro, GA1,946 people · 12 mi E
- Tennille, GA1,846 people · 3 mi S
- Harrison, GA324 people · 11 mi SE
- Warthen, GA184 people · 8 mi N
- Oconee, GA183 people · 12 mi SW
- Deepstep, GA112 people · 10 mi W
- Riddleville, GA79 people · 10 mi SE
- Edge Hill, GA26 people · 16 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.
Questions about Sandersville's climate
What is the coldest month in Sandersville?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Sandersville?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.5 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Sandersville?
August, with 5.14 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.88 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sandersville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sandersville in zone 8b in ZIP code 31082, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Sandersville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 17°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Sandersville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 19; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Kite, GA24 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Louisville, GA24 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Milledgeville, GA27 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Irwinton, GA27 miles from this station, 64.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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