Washington, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Washington's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 44.2 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 16.8°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,124 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWashington (2 mi ESE)
- Station IDUSC00099157
- Location33.73°N 82.71°W
- Elevation620 ft (189 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population3,623
On October 23, the normal high in Washington is 72°F and the normal low 49°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 Washington.
- Jan 54° 34°
- Feb 58° 36°
- Mar 66° 42°
- Apr 74° 49°
- May 81° 58°
- Jun 87° 66°
- Jul 90° 70°
- Aug 89° 69°
- Sep 84° 63°
- Oct 75° 52°
- Nov 64° 41°
- Dec 57° 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 Washington each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in August (4.38 in), the least in October (2.90 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 34°F | 43.8°F | 4.08 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 36°F | 46.9°F | 4.01 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 66°F | 42°F | 53.9°F | 4.28 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 49°F | 61.8°F | 3.16 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 58°F | 69.5°F | 2.97 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 87°F | 66°F | 76.5°F | 3.94 | 10 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 90°F | 70°F | 79.6°F | 3.65 | 9 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 89°F | 69°F | 78.7°F | 4.38 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 63°F | 73.3°F | 3.60 | 7 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 52°F | 63.1°F | 2.90 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 41°F | 52.7°F | 3.22 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 36°F | 46.2°F | 4.05 | 11 | <1 | 13 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 51°F | 62.2°F | 44.24 | 109 | 53 | 51 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 1°C | 6.6°C | 104 mm |
| February | 15°C | 2°C | 8.3°C | 102 mm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 109 mm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 16.6°C | 80 mm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 20.8°C | 75 mm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.7°C | 100 mm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.4°C | 93 mm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 111 mm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 22.9°C | 91 mm |
| October | 24°C | 11°C | 17.3°C | 74 mm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.5°C | 82 mm |
| December | 14°C | 2°C | 7.9°C | 103 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00099157; 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 Washington?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00099157.
When is the last frost in Washington?
In Washington, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 22 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 October 31 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 221 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 131 year in 10 before October 31; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 237 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 267 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 7 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Washington in zone 8b in ZIP code 30673, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Washington's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (27 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 USC00099157; 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 Washington?
In a normal year in Washington, 53 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 51 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 109 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 53a 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
- 109a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 109°F, on June 30, 1952; the lowest is −5°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1929, with 87.24 in; the snowiest season is 1958–59, with 6.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00099157; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00099157. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Washington?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Washington, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.8 |
| February | 72% | 3.4 |
| March | 75% | 4.5 |
| April | 80% | 5.7 |
| May | 80% | 6.2 |
| June | 82% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.0 |
| November | 79% | 3.1 |
| December | 73% | 2.5 |
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 Washington need?
A normal year in Washington brings 2,797 heating degree days, 48% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,794 cooling degree days, 98% 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 5,184 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 658 | 1 |
| February | 508 | 1 |
| March | 355 | 12 |
| April | 147 | 51 |
| May | 33 | 172 |
| June | 1 | 346 |
| July | 0 | 454 |
| August | 0 | 425 |
| September | 9 | 257 |
| October | 125 | 65 |
| November | 378 | 8 |
| December | 583 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,797 | 1,794 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00099157. 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 Washington been warmer than normal lately?
Over 77 complete years from 1894 to 2019, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.5°F per century (+0.03°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Washington's climate compare?
Washington is warmer than 38 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 1. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.2°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Washington 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 Washington share this climate record?
2 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.
- Rayle, GA157 people · 12 mi W
- Sharon, GA108 people · 12 mi SW
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 Washington's climate
What is the coldest month in Washington?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Washington?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.5 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Washington?
August, with 4.38 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.90 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Washington in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Washington in zone 8b in ZIP code 30673, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Washington's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Washington?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 22; 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
- Warrenton, GA23 miles from this station, 62.4°F a year
- Thomson, GA23 miles from this station, 63.6°F a year
- Siloam, GA24 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Appling, GA24 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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