Waynesboro, Georgia climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Waynesboro's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 48.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.7°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,224 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWaynesboro (2 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00099194
- Location33.07°N 82.01°W
- Elevation277 ft (84 m)
- Population5,555
On October 23, the normal high in Waynesboro is 75°F and the normal low 49°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 Waynesboro.
- Jan 58° 34°
- Feb 62° 37°
- Mar 69° 43°
- Apr 77° 50°
- May 84° 59°
- Jun 89° 67°
- Jul 92° 71°
- Aug 90° 69°
- Sep 86° 64°
- Oct 77° 52°
- Nov 68° 41°
- Dec 60° 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 Waynesboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.13 in), the least in November (2.80 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 34°F | 46.0°F | 3.99 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 62°F | 37°F | 49.4°F | 4.25 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| March | 69°F | 43°F | 56.0°F | 4.56 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 12 h |
| April | 77°F | 50°F | 63.2°F | 3.51 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 59°F | 71.2°F | 2.84 | 6 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 67°F | 78.1°F | 5.13 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 92°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 5.03 | 9 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 90°F | 69°F | 79.9°F | 4.62 | 9 | 19 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 3.66 | 6 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 52°F | 64.5°F | 3.49 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 68°F | 41°F | 54.2°F | 2.80 | 6 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 36°F | 48.0°F | 4.31 | 7 | <1 | 13 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 52°F | 63.9°F | 48.19 | 84 | 74 | 52 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 1°C | 7.8°C | 101 mm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 108 mm |
| March | 21°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 116 mm |
| April | 25°C | 10°C | 17.3°C | 89 mm |
| May | 29°C | 15°C | 21.8°C | 72 mm |
| June | 32°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 130 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 128 mm |
| August | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 117 mm |
| September | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 93 mm |
| October | 25°C | 11°C | 18.1°C | 89 mm |
| November | 20°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 71 mm |
| December | 16°C | 2°C | 8.9°C | 109 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Midville (18 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 USC00099194; 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 Waynesboro?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October 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 USC00099194.
When is the last frost in Waynesboro?
In Waynesboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 21 in half of years and after April 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 28 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 211 year in 10 after April 8; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before November 29
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 233 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 263 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 7 in half of springs and before November 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Waynesboro in zone 8b in ZIP code 30830, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Waynesboro's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 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 USC00099194; 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 Waynesboro?
In a normal year in Waynesboro, 74 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 52 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 84 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 74a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 52a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 84a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1891) is 109°F, on June 25, 1914; the lowest is −1°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1915, with 59.44 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 16.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00099194; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00099194. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Waynesboro?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Waynesboro, 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 Waynesboro need?
A normal year in Waynesboro brings 2,447 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,066 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,652 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 593 | 2 |
| February | 439 | 4 |
| March | 297 | 20 |
| April | 119 | 65 |
| May | 21 | 215 |
| June | 1 | 392 |
| July | 0 | 502 |
| August | 0 | 462 |
| September | 5 | 299 |
| October | 104 | 90 |
| November | 337 | 12 |
| December | 531 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,447 | 2,066 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00099194. 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 Waynesboro been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 65.1°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.3°F | +0.4°F | 44.67 |
| 2022 | 64.6°F | +0.7°F | 42.43 |
| 2023 | 64.7°F | +0.8°F | 57.77 |
| 2024 | 65.1°F | +1.2°F | 50.93 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00099194. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Waynesboro's climate compare?
Waynesboro is warmer than 51 of the other 100 places with their own NOAA record in Georgia, and wetter than 20. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.9°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Waynesboro 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 Waynesboro share this climate record?
3 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.
- Sardis, GA1,007 people · 16 mi SE
- Keysville, GA317 people · 17 mi NW
- Perkins, GA56 people · 11 mi S
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 Waynesboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Waynesboro?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Waynesboro?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Waynesboro's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Midville (18 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Waynesboro?
June, with 5.13 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 2.80 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Waynesboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Waynesboro in zone 8b in ZIP code 30830, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Waynesboro's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Waynesboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 21; in one year in ten it comes after April 8. Waiting until April 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Georgia climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Midville, GA18 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Augusta, GA21 miles from this station, 65.4°F a year
- Louisville, GA22 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Rocky Ford, GA34 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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