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Georgia Weather Records

6 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Georgia, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 112°F at Greenville 2 NNW to -17°F at CCC Fire Camp F-16 (nr. Beatum).

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
112°FAugust 20, 1983Greenville 2 NNW093915E1
112°FJuly 24, 1952Louisville095314E1

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-17°FJanuary 27, 1940CCC Fire Camp F-16 (nr. Beatum)EA

Record of -17 degrees F at Civilian Conservation Corps Logging Camp F-16 is congruent with similar low temperatures observed in the area on January 27, 1940. This observation is archived as part of the National Archives CCC collection.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
21.1 inchesJuly 6, 1994Americus090253E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
19.3 inchesMarch 3, 1942Cedartown 3NE091732E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
18 inchesMarch 13, 1993Chatsworth 2091863N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.