All-time weather records — Folkston, GA

Record high
106.0°F
July 28, 1996
Record low
5.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
10.40 in
September 24, 1947

Climate change signal in Folkston

7.4%

of Folkston's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
30
18
1950s
41
71
1960s
29
50
1970s
44
76
1980s
78
78
1990s
67
35
2000s
33
25
2010s
36
8
2020s
8
5

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1945, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 20, 2001 5.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.17 in — Jan 21, 2010
February 88.0°F — Feb 2, 1998 12.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.56 in — Feb 19, 1988
March 93.9°F — Mar 29, 1965 21.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.02 in — Mar 3, 2002
April 97.0°F — Apr 28, 1981 30.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 6.01 in — Apr 1, 1962
May 102.9°F — May 10, 1996 37.9°F — May 8, 1992 3.45 in — May 24, 1991
June 104.0°F — Jun 18, 1998 46.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 7.34 in — Jun 26, 2012
July 106.0°F — Jul 28, 1996 55.9°F — Jul 14, 1993 4.40 in — Jul 2, 1949
August 104.0°F — Aug 1, 1999 60.1°F — Aug 17, 1983 6.95 in — Aug 3, 2007
September 99.0°F — Sep 7, 1947 43.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 10.40 in — Sep 24, 1947
October 96.1°F — Oct 2, 1986 32.0°F — Oct 31, 1954 4.62 in — Oct 27, 1997
November 93.0°F — Nov 17, 1985 19.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 5.80 in — Nov 1, 1969
December 86.0°F — Dec 1, 1982 10.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 2.92 in — Dec 21, 1947

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Folkston.