Toccoa, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Toccoa's normal year runs from 33°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 59.0 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.4°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,500 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationToccoa
- Station IDUSC00098740
- Location34.58°N 83.33°W
- Elevation1,012 ft (309 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population9,389
On October 23, the normal high in Toccoa is 71°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 27%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Toccoa.
- Jan 53° 33°
- Feb 57° 36°
- Mar 64° 41°
- Apr 73° 49°
- May 80° 58°
- Jun 86° 66°
- Jul 89° 69°
- Aug 88° 68°
- Sep 83° 63°
- Oct 74° 51°
- Nov 64° 41°
- Dec 55° 36°
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 Toccoa each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.76 in), the least in May (4.07 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53°F | 33°F | 42.9°F | 5.52 | 0.5 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| February | 57°F | 36°F | 46.0°F | 5.01 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 64°F | 41°F | 52.8°F | 5.37 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 49°F | 60.8°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 58°F | 68.7°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 66°F | 76.0°F | 5.05 | 0.0 | 12 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 69°F | 79.2°F | 4.17 | 0.0 | 12 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 88°F | 68°F | 78.2°F | 5.70 | 0.0 | 11 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 63°F | 73.0°F | 4.56 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 51°F | 62.6°F | 4.81 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 41°F | 52.3°F | 4.38 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 55°F | 36°F | 45.5°F | 5.76 | 0.5 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 51°F | 61.5°F | 59.04 | 1.4 | 124 | 46 | 51 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 1°C | 6.1°C | 140 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 14°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 127 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 136 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 23°C | 9°C | 16.0°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.4°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.2°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 20°C | 25.7°C | 145 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 11°C | 17.0°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.3°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.5°C | 146 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00098740; 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 Toccoa?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00098740.
When is the last frost in Toccoa?
In Toccoa, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 23 in half of years and after April 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 11 in half of years and before October 29 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 231 year in 10 after April 9; 9 in 10 after March 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 111 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 233 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 262 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 11 in half of springs and before November 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Toccoa in zone 8b in ZIP code 30577, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Toccoa's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (15 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 USC00098740; 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 Toccoa?
In a normal year in Toccoa, 46 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 51 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 124 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 46a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 51a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 124a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1891) is 107°F, on July 21, 1926; the lowest is −5°F, on January 30, 1966.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 85.85 in; the snowiest season is 1935–36, with 18.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00098740; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00098740. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Toccoa?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Toccoa, 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 much heating and cooling does Toccoa need?
A normal year in Toccoa brings 2,949 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,700 cooling degree days, 87% more 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 4,986 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 685 | 0 |
| February | 533 | 1 |
| March | 386 | 8 |
| April | 166 | 42 |
| May | 41 | 156 |
| June | 2 | 331 |
| July | 0 | 440 |
| August | 0 | 409 |
| September | 9 | 249 |
| October | 134 | 58 |
| November | 387 | 6 |
| December | 605 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,949 | 1,700 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00098740. 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 Toccoa been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 62.5°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61.8°F | +0.3°F | 68.63 | 2.0 |
| 2022 | 61.6°F | +0.1°F | 55.02 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | 62.4°F | +0.9°F | 61.59 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 63.3°F | +1.8°F | 71.02 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 62.5°F | +1.0°F | 51.08 | 2.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00098740. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Toccoa's climate compare?
Toccoa is warmer than 27 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 78. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.5°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Toccoa 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 Toccoa 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.
- Westminster, SC2,439 people · 15 mi NE
- Carnesville, GA771 people · 15 mi S
- Chickasaw Point, SC730 people · 15 mi E
- Martin, GA348 people · 10 mi SE
- Avalon, GA242 people · 9 mi SE
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 Toccoa's climate
What is the coldest month in Toccoa?
January, with a normal high of 53°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Toccoa?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Toccoa?
December, with 5.76 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 4.07 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Toccoa in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Toccoa in zone 8b in ZIP code 30577, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Toccoa's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Toccoa?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 23; in one year in ten it comes after April 9. Waiting until April 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Cornelia, GA12 miles from this station, 58.4°F a year
- Clarkesville, GA12 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Long Creek, SC14 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Alto, GA14 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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