All-time weather records — Plains, GA

Record high
105.1°F
August 19, 2000
Record low
-2.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
16.90 in
July 6, 1994

Climate change signal in Plains

12.8%

of Plains's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (47 of 366 records since 2015).

4.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (17 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
36
21
1960s
50
80
1970s
39
47
1980s
65
57
1990s
82
41
2000s
35
82
2010s
41
31
2020s
18
7

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 2026. Period of observation: 1956-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 5, 2000 -2.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.44 in — Jan 6, 1962
February 87.1°F — Feb 16, 2018 8.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 5.37 in — Feb 11, 1981
March 89.1°F — Mar 11, 1974 14.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 7.82 in — Mar 28, 2005
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 1986 28.9°F — Apr 9, 2000 3.55 in — Apr 18, 1998
May 99.0°F — May 26, 2004 41.0°F — May 4, 1971 4.70 in — May 4, 2010
June 102.0°F — Jun 22, 2022 46.9°F — Jun 1, 1972 4.92 in — Jun 28, 2001
July 104.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 45.0°F — Jul 27, 2016 16.90 in — Jul 6, 1994
August 105.1°F — Aug 19, 2000 55.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 3.88 in — Aug 11, 2004
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 1998 37.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.20 in — Sep 7, 2004
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 27.0°F — Oct 28, 2001 5.40 in — Oct 30, 1993
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 16.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.90 in — Nov 22, 1985
December 82.0°F — Dec 8, 1978 3.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 6.50 in — Dec 11, 2008

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