Tifton, GA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Tifton's primary NOAA station, TIFTON.
The climate verdict for Tifton
Water is the standout signal in Tifton, Georgia: 48.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. It scores 97/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 97% of them.
- 65°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 97/100
- comfort score, above 97% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.2"
- yearly precipitation total
- 253 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Tifton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00098703 · Tifton, GA 65°F mean · 48.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,038
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andalusia
- PRCP-MID 48.2"
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-TOP 97/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00098703
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Andalusia, 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.
- Tifton (this station) 65°F
- Hot Farmerville, LA 65°F
- Near Andalusia, AL 65°F
- Near Andrews, TX 65°F
- Near Dublin, GA 65°F
Tifton 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 · Tifton
Tifton: 86/100 · grade A
Tifton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tifton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 97/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 28 calendar days | 96/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 64.9°F · 2.6° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 253 days/year | 90/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 48.2 in · 13.2 from 35 in | 54/100 · D |
Tifton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Tifton is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 47.6°F and warmest-month mean 80.1°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
- 80.1°F
- Coldest month
- 47.6°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 Tifton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tifton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 12% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Tifton sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 23% wettest
- Tifton's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tifton is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Tifton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Tifton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
97 Top 3% score exceeds 97% 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
Tifton's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 77 complete annual observations from 1925 to 2021, TIFTON warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Tifton primary station fitted change +0.04 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 69°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.9 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.8 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.2 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.9 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 63°F (17°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 8.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Tifton runs from a mild 36°F around January 12 to 90°F at the peak near July 19, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 12 through August 8, covering 28 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 25 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 12.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 31, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 31 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 102 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tifton.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
8.7 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
Tifton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Tifton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 32.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.2" and May 2.7". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Tifton, it arrives in quantity
48.2" of precipitation falls across only about 102 wet days here, averaging 0.47 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 102 a year, 28% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.47 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- November, about 6
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.
Tifton's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
253 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,080
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,082
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside GA closest to Tifton 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 (65°F here).
- Andalusia, AL 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Andrews, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Farmerville, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Long Beach, CA 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Charleston, WV 48.2" · 0.0" off
- Clarksburg, WV 48.2" · 0.0" off
- Pageland, SC 48.2" · 0.0" off
- Springboro, PA 48.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Tifton's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Tifton averages 48.2 inches of precipitation a year. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. 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 Tifton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.5°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Tifton's normal, at 2,080 and 2,082 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 253 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 Tifton'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 Tifton, 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 Tifton's primary station: TIFTON (USC00098703). 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 1376476). Match rule for Tifton: 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 Tifton 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.