Waycross, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Waycross's normal year runs from 37°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 50.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.6°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 35°C, 1,281 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWaycross (4 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00099186
- Location31.25°N 82.31°W
- Elevation145 ft (44 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population13,671
On October 23, the normal high in Waycross is 79°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Waycross.
- Jan 64° 37°
- Feb 68° 40°
- Mar 75° 45°
- Apr 81° 52°
- May 88° 60°
- Jun 92° 69°
- Jul 94° 71°
- Aug 93° 71°
- Sep 89° 66°
- Oct 81° 55°
- Nov 74° 45°
- Dec 67° 39°
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 Waycross each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in August (6.84 in), the least in November (2.22 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 | 64°F | 37°F | 50.3°F | 3.89 | 8 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 68°F | 40°F | 54.1°F | 3.71 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 75°F | 45°F | 59.9°F | 3.95 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 81°F | 52°F | 66.2°F | 3.13 | 6 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 88°F | 60°F | 74.0°F | 3.32 | 7 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 92°F | 69°F | 80.4°F | 6.80 | 11 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 94°F | 71°F | 82.7°F | 5.93 | 12 | 27 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 93°F | 71°F | 81.9°F | 6.84 | 12 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 66°F | 77.4°F | 4.46 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 55°F | 68.1°F | 3.28 | 6 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 74°F | 45°F | 59.4°F | 2.22 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 67°F | 39°F | 53.0°F | 2.89 | 7 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 54°F | 67.3°F | 50.42 | 97 | 103 | 41 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 3°C | 10.2°C | 99 mm |
| February | 20°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 94 mm |
| March | 24°C | 7°C | 15.5°C | 100 mm |
| April | 27°C | 11°C | 19.0°C | 80 mm |
| May | 31°C | 16°C | 23.3°C | 84 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.9°C | 173 mm |
| July | 35°C | 22°C | 28.2°C | 151 mm |
| August | 34°C | 22°C | 27.7°C | 174 mm |
| September | 32°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 113 mm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 20.1°C | 83 mm |
| November | 23°C | 7°C | 15.2°C | 56 mm |
| December | 19°C | 4°C | 11.7°C | 73 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00099186; 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 Waycross?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October, November and December. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00099186.
When is the last frost in Waycross?
In Waycross, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 15 in half of years and after April 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 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 151 year in 10 after April 3; 9 in 10 after February 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before October 31; 9 in 10 before December 6
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 246 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 277 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waycross in zone 9a in ZIP code 31501. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Waycross's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (23 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Georgia · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00099186; 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 Waycross?
In a normal year in Waycross, 103 days a year reach 90°F (7 of them 100°F or more), 41 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 97 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 103a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 41a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 97a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 108°F, on July 21, 1986; the lowest is 2°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1992, with 69.89 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 2.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00099186; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00099186. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Waycross?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Waycross, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 3.0 |
| February | 73% | 3.6 |
| March | 77% | 4.8 |
| April | 80% | 5.8 |
| May | 83% | 6.4 |
| June | 80% | 6.2 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.2 |
| November | 80% | 3.4 |
| December | 74% | 2.7 |
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 Waycross need?
A normal year in Waycross brings 1,713 heating degree days, 68% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,568 cooling degree days, 2.8 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 6,610 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 462 | 7 |
| February | 318 | 11 |
| March | 198 | 38 |
| April | 72 | 108 |
| May | 8 | 286 |
| June | 0 | 462 |
| July | 0 | 550 |
| August | 0 | 522 |
| September | 1 | 373 |
| October | 58 | 154 |
| November | 210 | 42 |
| December | 385 | 15 |
| Year (annual) | 1,713 | 2,568 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00099186. 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.
How does Waycross's climate compare?
Waycross is warmer than 94 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 37. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 67.3°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Waycross 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 Waycross share this climate record?
9 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.
- Blackshear, GA3,658 people · 4 mi NE
- Deenwood, GA2,340 people · 3 mi W
- Patterson, GA777 people · 14 mi NE
- Sunnyside, GA603 people · 2 mi SW
- Hoboken, GA505 people · 12 mi SE
- Waresboro, GA197 people · 9 mi W
- Bristol, GA66 people · 15 mi NE
- Dixie Union, GA56 people · 11 mi NW
- Mershon, GA46 people · 15 mi N
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 Waycross's climate
What is the coldest month in Waycross?
January, with a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Waycross?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Waycross?
August, with 6.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Waycross in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Waycross in zone 9a in ZIP code 31501. By the same method at Waycross's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Waycross?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 15; in one year in ten it comes after April 3. Waiting until April 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Waycross in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Alma, GA23 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
- Nahunta, GA23 miles from this station, 65.5°F a year
- Fargo (17 mi NE), GA29 miles from this station, 69.3°F a year
- Homerville, GA31 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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