All-time weather records — Sparta, GA

Record high
109.9°F
July 2, 2012
Record low
-7.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.78 in
September 28, 2004

Climate change signal in Sparta

2.2%

of Sparta's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (8 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1960s
79
80
1970s
85
79
1980s
98
83
1990s
32
57
2000s
39
52
2010s
33
15

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 1960, the latest in 2016. Period of observation: 1960-2016.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 30, 1975 -7.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.45 in — Jan 20, 1969
February 82.0°F — Feb 17, 1989 7.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.22 in — Feb 11, 1981
March 89.1°F — Mar 10, 1974 9.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.74 in — Mar 15, 1964
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 1986 24.1°F — Apr 4, 1987 4.37 in — Apr 3, 1975
May 98.1°F — May 19, 1962 34.0°F — May 24, 1993 3.61 in — May 3, 1964
June 109.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.9°F — Jun 10, 1983 5.75 in — Jun 13, 2001
July 109.9°F — Jul 2, 2012 37.9°F — Jul 10, 1982 3.85 in — Jul 29, 1969
August 107.1°F — Aug 21, 1983 53.1°F — Aug 29, 1968 4.95 in — Aug 17, 1994
September 100.0°F — Sep 15, 1980 35.1°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.78 in — Sep 28, 2004
October 93.9°F — Oct 5, 1986 27.0°F — Oct 29, 1976 5.52 in — Oct 30, 1970
November 91.0°F — Nov 1, 1961 14.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 3.37 in — Nov 11, 2009
December 80.1°F — Dec 16, 1971 -0.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 4.12 in — Dec 22, 2015

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