Weather

Atlanta Weather fea­tures the Atlanta tem­per­a­ture, weather fore­cast, humid­ity, vis­i­bil­ity and wind speed. Atlanta­Ga­To­day also pro­vides up-to-date weather watches and warnings.

Be sure to check out the Severe Weather page for haz­ardous con­di­tions and weather alerts.



Atlanta is sit­u­ated in a humid sub­trop­i­cal cli­mate and known for its hot humid sum­mers, hence the name “hot­lanta”. How­ever, most of the year the Atlanta weather is very mild with spring per­haps the most beau­ti­ful with autumn fol­low­ing closely behind. Win­ters are only occa­sion­ally cold and tem­per­a­tures can reach the 60’s and 70’s for short peri­ods of time. Fall is very pleas­ant and can rival New Eng­land for its spec­tac­u­lar col­ors of foliage.

Atlanta Weather Forecast

Pre­cip­i­ta­tion is nor­mally abun­dant as Atlanta aver­ages over 50 inches of rain annu­ally.  Our city aver­ages just 3 inches of snow a year and sig­nif­i­cant accu­mu­la­tions are rare. Once every ten or so years ice storms can cre­ate havoc on Atlanta’s tow­er­ing trees.  Spring can usher in locally severe thun­der­storms as the warm air col­lides with cooler air masses. Although twisters are infre­quent, an EF2 tor­nado touched down in Spring 2008 and dam­aged many build­ings in Down­town Atlanta near Cen­ten­nial Olympic Park. Go here for cur­rent weather alerts, warn­ings, watches and advi­sories issued by the National Weather Ser­vice for the Atlanta and the North Geor­gia areas.




Atlanta sits on a plateau that’s more than 1000 feet above sea level mak­ing it the high­est ele­va­tion of any major met­ro­pol­i­tan area east of the Mis­sis­sippi River. This also mod­er­ates its tem­per­a­tures in the sum­mer caus­ing Atlanta to be a few degrees cooler than other cities in the Southeast.

Atlanta Aver­age Temperatures

Atlanta Tem­per­a­ture Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Avg. Tem­per­a­ture 41.0 44.8 53.5 61.5 69.2 76.0 78.8 78.1 72.7 62.3 53.1 44.5 61.3 Avg. Max Temperature 50.4 55.0 64.3 72.7 79.6 85.8 88.0 87.1 81.8 72.7 63.4 54.0 71.2 Avg. Min Temperature 31.5 34.5 42.5 50.2 58.7 66.2 69.5 69.0 63.5 51.9 42.8 35.0 51.3 Days with Max Temp of 90 F or Higher 0.0 0.0 0.0 < 0.5 1.0 8.0 13.0 10.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 Days with Min Temp Below Freezing 16.0 12.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 < 0.5 5.0 12.0 49.0 Atlanta Heat­ing and Cooling Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Heat­ing Degree Days 744 566 365 138 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0 138 367 636 2991 Cool­ing Degree Days 0.0 0.0 8.0 33.0 157 330 428 406 241 54.0 10.0 0.0 1667 Atlanta Pre­cip­i­ta­tion Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Pre­cip­i­ta­tion (inches) 4.8 4.8 5.8 4.3 4.3 3.6 5.0 3.7 3.4 3.0 3.9 4.3 50.8 Days with Pre­cip­i­ta­tion 0.01 inch or More 12.0 10.0 11.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 9.0 10.0 116 Monthly Snow­fall (inches) 0.9 0.5 0.4 < 0.05 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 < 0.05 0.0 0.2 2.0 Other Atlanta Weather Indicators Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Aver­age Wind Speed 10.4 10.7 10.9 10.1 8.7 8.1 7.7 7.3 8.0 8.5 9.1 9.8 9.1 Clear Days 8.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 6.0 7.0 10.0 14.0 12.0 9.0 110 Partly Cloudy Days 6.0 6.0 8.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 13.0 10.0 7.0 6.0 6.0 107 Cloudy Days 16.0 14.0 15.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 12.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 12.0 15.0 149 Per­cent of Pos­si­ble Sunshine 49.0 54.0 58.0 66.0 68.0 67.0 63.0 64.0 62.0 66.0 58.0 50.0 60.0 Avg. Rel­a­tive Humidity 58.5 68.0 66.0 64.5 65.5 68.5 72.0 74.0 74.0 71.5 68.0 68.0 70.5