All-time weather records — Gainesville, GA

Record high
104.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
5.2°F
January 7, 2014
Wettest day
6.02 in
October 1, 2012

Climate change signal in Gainesville

40.7%

of Gainesville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (149 of 366 records since 2015).

26.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (96 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 #
1990s
48
69
2000s
114
140
2010s
128
109
2020s
76
48

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 1996, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 29, 2002 5.2°F — Jan 7, 2014 3.88 in — Jan 6, 2009
February 80.1°F — Feb 22, 2023 11.1°F — Feb 19, 2015 3.54 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 87.1°F — Mar 25, 2007 19.0°F — Mar 12, 1998 2.75 in — Mar 30, 2002
April 88.0°F — Apr 10, 2001 28.2°F — Apr 7, 2007 3.39 in — Apr 23, 2018
May 93.0°F — May 26, 2019 37.9°F — May 9, 2020 3.06 in — May 19, 2013
June 102.9°F — Jun 29, 2012 50.0°F — Jun 7, 2000 2.11 in — Jun 12, 2025
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 59.0°F — Jul 1, 2008 4.18 in — Jul 1, 2003
August 102.0°F — Aug 22, 2007 55.9°F — Aug 27, 2025 4.00 in — Aug 26, 2008
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 2011 44.1°F — Sep 26, 2001 4.26 in — Sep 7, 2004
October 96.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 30.0°F — Oct 28, 2001 6.02 in — Oct 1, 2012
November 82.0°F — Nov 1, 2003 20.1°F — Nov 22, 2008 3.47 in — Nov 10, 2009
December 77.0°F — Dec 6, 1998 5.2°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.65 in — Dec 22, 2013

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