Atlanta climate — normals and trends
Atlanta (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,139 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Atlanta averages 41 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Atlanta has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 30 June 2012) and the coldest -21.9 °C (on 21 January 1985).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AtlantaGeorgia
- coords
- 33.75°, -84.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.3°C
Average daily high
21.9°C
Average daily low
11.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,139mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
16.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
41 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
68 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
4.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
82 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
41.2 °C
30 June 2012
Coldest day
-21.9 °C
21 January 1985
Wettest day
130 mm
25 September 1956
Windiest day
59.6 km/h
5 October 1995
Strongest gust
129.6 km/h
5 October 1995
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
30 June 2012
Coldest feels-like
-28.5 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
20.2 cm
23 January 1940
Sunniest day
13.9 h
15 June 2021
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.3 °C | -1.9 °C | 72 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 16.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 109 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 20.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 76 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 24.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 96 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 25.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 187 mm | +103 mm |
| Jun | 30.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 125 mm | +38 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 104 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 28.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 129 mm | +41 mm |
| Sep | 29.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -67 mm |
| Oct | 22.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 57 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 19.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 31 mm | -56 mm |
| Dec | 14.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 39 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Atlanta?
Atlanta has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.3 °C and it receives 1,139 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Atlanta?
The hottest day measured in Atlanta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2012, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Atlanta?
The coldest day measured in Atlanta between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -21.9 °C.
Does it snow in Atlanta?
Yes. Atlanta gets on average 4.9 cm of snow per year and has around 41 frost days.
Has the climate of Atlanta warmed?
Yes: Atlanta warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Atlanta?
The wettest day measured in Atlanta between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1956, with 130 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Atlanta?
The windiest day measured in Atlanta between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1995, with winds reaching 59.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Atlanta?
The warmest month in Atlanta is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Atlanta?
Atlanta receives on average 1,139 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Atlanta?
Atlanta gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Atlanta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Atlanta between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1940, with 20.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Atlanta?
Yes: Atlanta has on average 82 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Atlanta?
In Atlanta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 30 June 2012, and the lowest was -28.5 °C on 21 January 1985.
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