Watkinsville, GA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Watkinsville's primary NOAA station, WATKINSVILLE 5 SSE.
The climate verdict for Watkinsville
Water is the standout signal in Watkinsville, Georgia: 47.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 92/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 92% of them.
- 62°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 92/100
- comfort score, above 92% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.8"
- annual precipitation
- 233 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Watkinsville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00063850 · Watkinsville, GA 62°F mean · 47.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,489
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Altus Irig Rsch
- PRCP-MID 47.8"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-TOP 92/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00063850
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Altus Irig Rsch Stn, OK (+ 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.
- Watkinsville (this station) 62°F
- Hot Centreville, AL 62°F
- Near Altus Irig Rsch, OK 62°F
- Near Anderson County, SC 62°F
- Near Balch Pwr House, CA 62°F
Watkinsville 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 · Watkinsville
Watkinsville: 83/100 · grade B
Watkinsville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Watkinsville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 92/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.9°F · 5.6° from 67.5°F | 83/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 233 days/year | 82/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 47.8 in · 12.8 from 35 in | 55/100 · C |
Watkinsville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Watkinsville is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 44.0°F and warmest-month mean 79.1°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
- 79.1°F
- Coldest month
- 44.0°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 Watkinsville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Watkinsville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 20% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Watkinsville sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 25% wettest
- Watkinsville's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Watkinsville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Watkinsville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Watkinsville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
92 Top 8% score exceeds 92% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.3" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 4.3" | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.6" | 4.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.6" | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 12.0 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 16.3 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 13.4 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.4" | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.6" | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 56°F (13°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 4.9" | 11.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Watkinsville: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 34°F near January 9 and 90°F near July 19.
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 34°F around January 9.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 1, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 13 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 115 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 21 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 Watkinsville.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.6 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
Watkinsville spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Watkinsville has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 35.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 4.9" and May 2.7". The three wettest months together take 29% 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 Watkinsville, it arrives in quantity
47.7" of precipitation falls across only about 115 wet days here, averaging 0.42 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 115 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.42 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 11
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 7
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
233 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,789
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,694
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside GA closest to Watkinsville 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 (62°F here).
- Centreville, AL 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Cheraw, SC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Childress, TX 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Deming, NM 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cynthiana, KY 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Fairmont, WV 47.8" · 0.0" off
- Gardiner, ME 47.7" · 0.0" off
- Glencoe, KY 47.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Watkinsville's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Watkinsville averages 47.8 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Watkinsville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.1°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Watkinsville's normal, at 2,789 and 1,694 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.
A roughly 233-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Watkinsville'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 Watkinsville, 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 Watkinsville's primary station: WATKINSVILLE 5 SSE (USW00063850). 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 1380788). Match rule for Watkinsville: 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 Watkinsville 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.