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 | Average | Average | Average |
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" |
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.