Moving to Atlanta: Weather Statistics

With a nickname like Hotlanta, you’d expect the temperatures to be scorching year-round in Atlanta. Fortunately, that isn’t the case. Atlanta actually enjoys a moderate climate with four very distinct seasons—sure, the summers can be hot and humid, but we also have cool fall days, occasional snow and ice storms in the winter and a beautiful spring season.

Take a look at some average weather statistics for Atlanta:

• Over the course of a year, the temperature typically varies from 34°F to 89°F, though it rarely goes below 20°F or above 95°F, according to WeatherSpark.

• The average annual temperature in Atlanta is 61.4°F according to U.S. climate data. The warmest month, on average, is July, while the coolest month is January.  
• Atlanta's record high is 106 degrees (2012); Atlanta’s record low is -9 (1899).
• Atlanta averages of 48 days a year below freezing and 2.9 inches of snow annually.
• Atlanta averages 47.12 inches of rainfall annually, according to U.S. climate data; Rainfall is heaviest in July, averaging just over 5 inches, and lowest in April, averaging nearly 3.5 inches. There is an average of 113.3 days of precipitation in Atlanta.
• It’s sunny 60 percent of the time in Atlanta.

Below you'll find information on Atlanta’s average weather, including average temperatures, precipitation, and snow, each month. The data comes from Intellicast.

Date	Average Low	Average High	Average Precipitation	Average Snow
January	33°	52°	5.03"	1"
February	37°	57°	4.68"	0.5"
March	44°	65°	5.38"	0.6"
April	50°	73°	3.62"	0"
May	59°	80°	3.95"	0"
June	67°	87°	3.63"	0"
July	71°	89°	5.12"	0"
August	70°	88°	3.67"	0"
September	64°	82°	4.09"	0"
October	53°	73°	3.11"	0"
November	44°	63°	4.1"	0"
December	36°	55°	3.82"	0.3"

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Story by Kate Parham Kordsmeier, the Atlanta expert for About Travel and author of Atlanta Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Big Peach. Kate can be reached on twitter @KPKords or via email at kpkords@gmail.com. Don't forget to like us on Facebook.