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.

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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.