Sautee (3 mi W), Georgia climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Sautee (3 mi W)'s normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 69.3 inches of precipitation and 4 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.6°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,760 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSautee (3 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00097827
- Location34.66°N 83.73°W
- Elevation1,591 ft (485 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Sautee (3 mi W) is 66°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sautee (3 mi W).
- Jan 49° 28°
- Feb 53° 31°
- Mar 61° 36°
- Apr 69° 44°
- May 74° 53°
- Jun 79° 61°
- Jul 82° 64°
- Aug 81° 64°
- Sep 76° 58°
- Oct 68° 47°
- Nov 59° 37°
- Dec 52° 31°
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 Sautee (3 mi W) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.63 in), the least in May (5.06 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 28°F | 38.8°F | 6.37 | 1.5 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 31°F | 41.9°F | 5.81 | 1.3 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 11 h |
| March | 61°F | 36°F | 48.6°F | 5.84 | 0.3 | 12 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 44°F | 56.7°F | 5.37 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 74°F | 53°F | 63.2°F | 5.06 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 79°F | 61°F | 69.8°F | 5.86 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 82°F | 64°F | 72.9°F | 5.71 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 81°F | 64°F | 72.2°F | 6.56 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 76°F | 58°F | 66.8°F | 5.18 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 47°F | 57.5°F | 5.27 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 37°F | 48.2°F | 5.64 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 31°F | 41.4°F | 6.63 | 0.8 | 12 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 46°F | 56.5°F | 69.30 | 3.9 | 141 | 2 | 91 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −2°C | 3.8°C | 162 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 12°C | −1°C | 5.5°C | 148 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 16°C | 2°C | 9.2°C | 148 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 23°C | 12°C | 17.3°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 16°C | 21.0°C | 149 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 18°C | 22.7°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 18°C | 22.3°C | 167 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 14°C | 19.3°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 9°C | 14.2°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 143 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.2°C | 168 mm | 2 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00097827; 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 Sautee (3 mi W)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, September 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 USC00097827.
When is the last frost at Sautee (3 mi W)?
In Sautee (3 mi W), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 7 in half of years and after April 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 21 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
- April 71 year in 10 after April 23; 9 in 10 after March 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 208 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 232 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 27 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sautee (3 mi W) in zone 7b in ZIP code 30528, 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 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (17 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 USC00097827; 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 Sautee (3 mi W)?
In a normal year in Sautee (3 mi W), 2 days a year reach 90°F, 91 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 141 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 91a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 141a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00097827.
How sunny is it at Sautee (3 mi W)?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Sautee (3 mi W), 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.7 |
| February | 69% | 3.3 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 78% | 6.1 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 78% | 3.0 |
| December | 70% | 2.3 |
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 Sautee (3 mi W) record?
A normal year at Sautee (3 mi W) brings 3,878 heating degree days, 28% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 800 cooling degree days, 12% fewer than 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 3,605 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 814 | 0 |
| February | 645 | 0 |
| March | 511 | 1 |
| April | 262 | 12 |
| May | 103 | 48 |
| June | 10 | 154 |
| July | 1 | 247 |
| August | 2 | 225 |
| September | 46 | 99 |
| October | 247 | 15 |
| November | 505 | 1 |
| December | 732 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,878 | 800 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00097827. 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 Sautee (3 mi W) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 58.2°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.5°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 57.3°F | +0.8°F | 75.53 | 6.0 |
| 2025 | 58.2°F | +1.7°F | 65.58 | 3.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00097827. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Sautee (3 mi W)'s climate compare?
Sautee (3 mi W) is warmer than 2 of the 101 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 82. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.5°F is warmer than 65%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sautee (3 mi W) 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 Sautee (3 mi W) share this climate record?
Yonah has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Yonah, GA191 people · 1 mi S
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 Sautee (3 mi W)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Sautee (3 mi W)?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow at Sautee (3 mi W)?
Yes: 4 inches in a normal year, falling on 3 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Sautee (3 mi W)?
December, with 6.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 5.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sautee (3 mi W) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sautee (3 mi W) in zone 7b in ZIP code 30528, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come at Sautee (3 mi W)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 7; in one year in ten it comes after April 23. Waiting until April 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Helen, GA2 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Cleveland, GA6 miles from this station, 57.1°F a year
- Clarkesville, GA11 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Cornelia, GA16 miles from this station, 58.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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