Valdosta, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Valdosta's normal year runs from 39°F January nights to 92°F August afternoons, with 48.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.4°C, January lows of 4°C, August highs of 33°C, 1,230 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationValdosta Regional Airport
- Station IDUSW00093845
- Location30.78°N 83.28°W
- Elevation198 ft (60 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population55,667
On October 23, the normal high in Valdosta is 78°F and the normal low 54°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Valdosta.
- Jan 63° 39°
- Feb 67° 42°
- Mar 73° 47°
- Apr 80° 53°
- May 86° 60°
- Jun 90° 68°
- Jul 92° 70°
- Aug 92° 71°
- Sep 88° 67°
- Oct 81° 57°
- Nov 71° 47°
- Dec 65° 41°
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 Valdosta each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 39°F. The most precipitation falls in June (7.08 in), the least in November (2.47 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 | 63°F | 39°F | 50.7°F | 3.83 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 67°F | 42°F | 54.6°F | 3.31 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 11 h |
| March | 73°F | 47°F | 60.1°F | 3.73 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 80°F | 53°F | 66.2°F | 3.66 | 7 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 86°F | 60°F | 73.4°F | 2.84 | 8 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 68°F | 79.0°F | 7.08 | 14 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 70°F | 81.1°F | 5.33 | 14 | 26 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 92°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 5.11 | 15 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 67°F | 77.2°F | 4.22 | 9 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 57°F | 68.6°F | 3.71 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 47°F | 59.0°F | 2.47 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 65°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 3.12 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 55°F | 67.0°F | 48.41 | 118 | 102 | 22 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 97 mm |
| February | 19°C | 6°C | 12.6°C | 84 mm |
| March | 23°C | 8°C | 15.6°C | 95 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 19.0°C | 93 mm |
| May | 30°C | 16°C | 23.0°C | 72 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 180 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 135 mm |
| August | 33°C | 22°C | 27.3°C | 130 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 107 mm |
| October | 27°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 94 mm |
| November | 22°C | 8°C | 15.0°C | 63 mm |
| December | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 79 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Madison (23 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093845; 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 Valdosta?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, April 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 USW00093845.
When is the last frost in Valdosta?
In Valdosta, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 10 in half of years and after March 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 21 in half of years and before November 3 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 101 year in 10 after March 31; 9 in 10 after February 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 211 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 259 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 293 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 20 in half of springs and before December 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Valdosta in zone 9a across its 3 ZIP code areas (9a in 31601, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Valdosta's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (25 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 USW00093845; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Valdosta ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Valdosta's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Valdosta?
In a normal year in Valdosta, 102 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 22 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 102a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 22a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 106°F, on June 15, 2011; the lowest is 3°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 67.99 in; the snowiest season is 2024–25, with 2.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093845; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093845. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Valdosta, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 72°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 73°F, above the 65°F at which most people call the air sticky; the driest air comes in January (42°F). February is the windiest month (5.6 mph on average), and October has the most clear or nearly clear hours (62%).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 70% | 46% | 5.3 mph | 52% | 29% |
| February | 47°F | 68% | 44% | 5.6 mph | 52% | 27% |
| March | 52°F | 67% | 42% | 5.3 mph | 56% | 20% |
| April | 58°F | 67% | 42% | 5.0 mph | 60% | 14% |
| May | 67°F | 72% | 48% | 4.7 mph | 50% | 15% |
| June | 71°F | 77% | 56% | 4.0 mph | 49% | 14% |
| July | 73°F | 78% | 58% | 3.9 mph | 48% | 12% |
| August | 71°F | 78% | 56% | 4.6 mph | 49% | 14% |
| September | 65°F | 75% | 52% | 5.1 mph | 53% | 19% |
| October | 54°F | 73% | 46% | 4.7 mph | 62% | 17% |
| November | 48°F | 75% | 49% | 4.7 mph | 59% | 19% |
| December | 44°F | 74% | 51% | 5.2 mph | 53% | 24% |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00093845. 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 Valdosta?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Valdosta, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (74%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 176th (with 33 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 3.2 |
| February | 74% | 3.8 |
| March | 79% | 5.0 |
| April | 82% | 6.0 |
| May | 84% | 6.6 |
| June | 78% | 6.0 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 5.0 |
| October | 82% | 4.3 |
| November | 82% | 3.5 |
| December | 75% | 2.8 |
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 Valdosta need?
A normal year in Valdosta brings 1,649 heating degree days, 69% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,410 cooling degree days, 2.7 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,500 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 449 | 6 |
| February | 303 | 12 |
| March | 190 | 37 |
| April | 62 | 98 |
| May | 7 | 266 |
| June | 0 | 420 |
| July | 0 | 499 |
| August | 0 | 504 |
| September | 1 | 365 |
| October | 46 | 159 |
| November | 213 | 33 |
| December | 379 | 12 |
| Year (annual) | 1,649 | 2,410 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093845. 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 Valdosta been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 69.4°F, 2.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 67.0°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68.7°F | +1.7°F | 52.05 |
| 2022 | 69.2°F | +2.2°F | 45.78 |
| 2023 | 70.5°F | +3.5°F | 65.19 |
| 2025 | 69.4°F | +2.4°F | 44.06 |
Over 59 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.5°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093845; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Valdosta's climate compare?
Valdosta is warmer than 91 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 23. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.0°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Valdosta 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 Valdosta share this climate record?
10 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.
- Bemiss, GA8,464 people · 11 mi N
- Hahira, GA3,559 people · 16 mi N
- Moody AFB, GA1,570 people · 14 mi N
- Lake Park, GA1,558 people · 9 mi SE
- Remerton, GA1,298 people · 5 mi NW
- Ray City, GA1,045 people · 21 mi N
- Dasher, GA939 people · 4 mi SE
- Jennings, FL772 people · 16 mi SE
- Cecil, GA285 people · 19 mi N
- Naylor, GA215 people · 15 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 Valdosta's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Valdosta. This page uses Valdosta Regional Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From the center | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valdosta (2 mi S) USC00098974 | 3 mi S | 265 ft | 67.3°F | 40°F | 91°F | – | – | March 5 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Valdosta's climate
What is the coldest month in Valdosta?
January, with a normal high of 63°F and a normal low of 39°F. The warmest is August (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Valdosta?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Valdosta's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Madison (23 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Valdosta?
June, with 7.08 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.47 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Valdosta in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Valdosta in zone 9a across its 3 ZIP code areas (9a in 31601, the largest). By the same method at Valdosta's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Valdosta?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 10; in one year in ten it comes after March 31. Waiting until March 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Valdosta in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Quitman, GA17 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Madison, FL23 miles from this station, 67.7°F a year
- Jasper, FL27 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
- Homerville, GA35 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
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