All-time weather records — Waynesboro, GA

Record high
109.9°F
September 25, 1921
Record low
-0.9°F
January 20, 1985
Wettest day
7.40 in
October 3, 1994

Climate change signal in Waynesboro

11.2%

of Waynesboro's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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 #
1890s
2
1
1900s
19
13
1910s
84
33
1920s
9
29
1940s
32
12
1950s
51
16
1960s
21
52
1970s
30
89
1980s
18
67
1990s
12
24
2000s
23
15
2010s
48
8
2020s
17
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 1892, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 20, 1942 -0.9°F — Jan 20, 1985 3.30 in — Jan 14, 1972
February 105.1°F — Feb 3, 1919 9.0°F — Feb 3, 1917 3.60 in — Feb 25, 1919
March 95.0°F — Mar 31, 1907 17.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.15 in — Mar 23, 1944
April 98.1°F — Apr 27, 1986 6.1°F — Apr 19, 1989 4.60 in — Apr 12, 1994
May 104.0°F — May 29, 1914 34.0°F — May 3, 1921 3.77 in — May 30, 2016
June 109.0°F — Jun 25, 1914 44.1°F — Jun 3, 1988 4.70 in — Jun 13, 1906
July 108.0°F — Jul 14, 1980 7.0°F — Jul 7, 1989 5.10 in — Jul 10, 1894
August 107.1°F — Aug 11, 2007 48.9°F — Aug 20, 2000 5.54 in — Aug 19, 1999
September 109.9°F — Sep 25, 1921 34.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.10 in — Sep 3, 1998
October 100.9°F — Oct 4, 2019 23.0°F — Oct 29, 1976 7.40 in — Oct 3, 1994
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 1919 15.1°F — Nov 19, 2014 5.00 in — Nov 7, 2024
December 82.9°F — Dec 4, 2021 5.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 5.85 in — Dec 24, 1941

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