Cartersville climate — normals and trends
Cartersville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,233 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Cartersville averages 45 frost days, 66 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Cartersville has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 50 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °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
CartersvilleGeorgia
- coords
- 34.17°, -84.80°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.9°C
Average daily high
21.5°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,233mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
66 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
7.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.4 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
76 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 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
40.3 °C
30 June 2012
Coldest day
-21.9 °C
21 January 1985
Wettest day
138 mm
4 June 1967
Windiest day
51.5 km/h
5 October 1995
Strongest gust
136.8 km/h
5 October 1995
Hottest feels-like
44.4 °C
30 June 2012
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
27.4 cm
13 March 1993
Sunniest day
13.9 h
20 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 °C | -1.9 °C | 77 mm | -45 mm |
| Feb | 15.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 139 mm | +20 mm |
| Mar | 20.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 94 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 24.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 148 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 24.9 °C | -1.1 °C | 199 mm | +104 mm |
| Jun | 30.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 109 mm | +18 mm |
| Jul | 32.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 95 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 29.1 °C | -1.4 °C | 100 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | -51 mm |
| Oct | 22.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 63 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 58 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 13.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | -70 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cartersville?
Cartersville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.9 °C and it receives 1,233 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cartersville?
The hottest day measured in Cartersville between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2012, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cartersville?
The coldest day measured in Cartersville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -21.9 °C.
Does it snow in Cartersville?
Yes. Cartersville gets on average 7.0 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Cartersville warmed?
Yes: Cartersville warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cartersville?
The wettest day measured in Cartersville between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 1967, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cartersville?
The windiest day measured in Cartersville between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1995, with winds reaching 51.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cartersville?
The warmest month in Cartersville is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Cartersville?
Cartersville receives on average 1,233 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cartersville?
Cartersville gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cartersville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cartersville between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 27.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cartersville?
Yes: Cartersville has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cartersville?
In Cartersville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 30 June 2012, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 21 January 1985.
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