All-time weather records — Helen, GA

Record high
102.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-11.9°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.12 in
August 23, 1967

Climate change signal in Helen

7.4%

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

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1950s
29
12
1960s
74
148
1970s
38
75
1980s
63
34
1990s
65
27
2000s
49
34
2010s
40
31
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 1956, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1956-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 1, 1985 -11.9°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.60 in — Jan 27, 1996
February 80.1°F — Feb 26, 1996 -0.9°F — Feb 17, 1958 4.50 in — Feb 13, 1966
March 84.9°F — Mar 9, 1974 6.1°F — Mar 15, 1993 7.72 in — Mar 6, 1996
April 91.9°F — Apr 19, 2002 21.0°F — Apr 11, 1960 4.45 in — Apr 5, 1957
May 96.1°F — May 19, 1962 21.9°F — May 1, 2008 5.81 in — May 30, 2018
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 6.96 in — Jun 1, 2018
July 102.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 22, 2022 4.09 in — Jul 31, 1968
August 99.0°F — Aug 4, 1986 39.0°F — Aug 3, 2018 8.12 in — Aug 23, 1967
September 97.0°F — Sep 3, 2011 27.0°F — Sep 30, 2008 8.05 in — Sep 17, 2004
October 91.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 18, 2009 6.00 in — Oct 26, 1997
November 84.0°F — Nov 3, 2003 0.0°F — Nov 6, 1998 4.08 in — Nov 1, 1969
December 75.9°F — Dec 6, 1998 -6.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 5.51 in — Dec 12, 1961

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