Days at or above 30 C (86 F) in Atlanta

Atlanta has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 97 years, most in 2016 with 130. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Atlanta

Atlanta has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 97 years, 8,415 days in all.
The most in one year was 130 days in 2016.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 115 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 17 March 1945.
The latest last date in a year was 31 October 2016.
The longest run inside a single year was 84 days in 1980.
1 year with under 90 percent of days observed is left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

97 years, 8,415 days

Days per year in Atlanta with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 130 in 2016. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year in Atlanta
Year	Days	Decade average
1930	77	92.4
1931	97	92.4
1932	73	92.4
1933	95	92.4
1934	73	92.4
1935	91	92.4
1936	110	92.4
1937	101	92.4
1938	98	92.4
1939	109	92.4
1940	93	90.8
1941	119	90.8
1942	88	90.8
1943	105	90.8
1944	100	90.8
1945	92	90.8
1946	70	90.8
1947	84	90.8
1948	85	90.8
1949	72	90.8
1950	72	90
1951	93	90
1952	90	90
1953	86	90
1954	113	90
1955	94	90
1956	95	90
1957	88	90
1958	83	90
1959	86	90
1960	97	61.9
1961	47	61.9
1962	88	61.9
1963	63	61.9
1964	56	61.9
1965	49	61.9
1966	47	61.9
1967	28	61.9
1968	65	61.9
1969	79	61.9
1970	97	68.3
1971	54	68.3
1972	65	68.3
1973	70	68.3
1974	53	68.3
1975	56	68.3
1976	49	68.3
1977	89	68.3
1978	87	68.3
1979	63	68.3
1980	125	93.8
1981	100	93.8
1982	87	93.8
1983	74	93.8
1984	70	93.8
1985	70	93.8
1986	115	93.8
1987	105	93.8
1988	99	93.8
1989	93	93.8
1990	107	91.3
1991	89	91.3
1992	68	91.3
1993	117	91.3
1994	97	91.3
1995	93	91.3
1996	102	91.3
1997	67	91.3
1998	102	91.3
1999	71	91.3
2000	90	78.7
2001	66	78.7
2002	88	78.7
2003	54	78.7
2004	60	78.7
2005	73	78.7
2006	89	78.7
2007	107	78.7
2008	90	78.7
2009	70	78.7
2010	118	105.2
2011	114	105.2
2012	91	105.2
2013	70	105.2
2014	99	105.2
2015	87	105.2
2016	130	105.2
2017	91	105.2
2018	124	105.2
2019	128	105.2
2020	88	98.7
2021	78	98.7
2022	99	98.7
2023	96	98.7
2024	112	98.7
2025	103	98.7
2026	115	98.7

Season Span

earliest 17 March, latest 31 October

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Atlanta meeting 30 C (86 F). Long bars mean a long season.

First to last qualifying date each year in Atlanta
Year	First date	Last date
1930	1930-05-05	1930-09-25
1931	1931-05-26	1931-10-12
1932	1932-06-06	1932-09-18
1933	1933-05-11	1933-10-01
1934	1934-06-08	1934-09-29
1935	1935-05-02	1935-10-23
1936	1936-04-15	1936-09-23
1937	1937-04-18	1937-09-19
1938	1938-05-01	1938-10-19
1939	1939-05-06	1939-10-24
1940	1940-04-02	1940-10-28
1941	1941-04-19	1941-10-23
1942	1942-04-25	1942-09-19
1943	1943-04-27	1943-09-15
1944	1944-05-13	1944-10-06
1945	1945-03-17	1945-09-26
1946	1946-04-03	1946-09-21
1947	1947-05-15	1947-09-25
1948	1948-05-01	1948-09-22
1949	1949-05-05	1949-09-18
1950	1950-05-04	1950-09-20
1951	1951-05-02	1951-10-06
1952	1952-05-01	1952-10-02
1953	1953-05-21	1953-09-28
1954	1954-05-30	1954-10-13
1955	1955-04-17	1955-09-30
1956	1956-04-29	1956-09-16
1957	1957-05-13	1957-09-22
1958	1958-04-23	1958-09-27
1959	1959-05-01	1959-10-05
1960	1960-04-24	1960-09-21
1961	1961-06-01	1961-09-25
1962	1962-05-09	1962-09-15
1963	1963-05-08	1963-09-21
1964	1964-05-18	1964-09-23
1965	1965-04-24	1965-09-21
1966	1966-05-07	1966-09-06
1967	1967-05-12	1967-08-19
1968	1968-05-25	1968-09-25
1969	1969-05-21	1969-09-18
1970	1970-04-22	1970-10-03
1971	1971-04-20	1971-10-04
1972	1972-04-15	1972-09-29
1973	1973-05-11	1973-09-24
1974	1974-05-17	1974-09-21
1975	1975-05-22	1975-09-20
1976	1976-06-08	1976-08-29
1977	1977-05-06	1977-09-18
1978	1978-04-05	1978-09-23
1979	1979-05-10	1979-09-07
1980	1980-04-22	1980-10-10
1981	1981-04-12	1981-10-06
1982	1982-05-11	1982-09-19
1983	1983-06-03	1983-09-18
1984	1984-05-06	1984-10-18
1985	1985-05-12	1985-10-14
1986	1986-04-25	1986-10-05
1987	1987-04-21	1987-09-18
1988	1988-04-05	1988-09-25
1989	1989-04-23	1989-10-06
1990	1990-04-26	1990-10-08
1991	1991-05-15	1991-09-18
1992	1992-05-01	1992-09-22
1993	1993-05-06	1993-10-09
1994	1994-03-27	1994-09-16
1995	1995-03-23	1995-09-10
1996	1996-04-28	1996-09-25
1997	1997-06-13	1997-09-30
1998	1998-05-14	1998-10-01
1999	1999-04-05	1999-09-15
2000	2000-05-11	2000-09-20
2001	2001-04-10	2001-09-23
2002	2002-04-18	2002-10-06
2003	2003-05-31	2003-09-20
2004	2004-05-07	2004-08-31
2005	2005-05-12	2005-09-27
2006	2006-04-15	2006-10-05
2007	2007-03-25	2007-09-25
2008	2008-05-24	2008-09-30
2009	2009-05-31	2009-09-25
2010	2010-04-05	2010-10-11
2011	2011-04-09	2011-09-26
2012	2012-04-03	2012-09-28
2013	2013-05-15	2013-09-20
2014	2014-05-05	2014-10-11
2015	2015-04-08	2015-09-20
2016	2016-04-28	2016-10-31
2017	2017-03-21	2017-10-12
2018	2018-05-10	2018-10-08
2019	2019-05-08	2019-10-04
2020	2020-05-04	2020-09-14
2021	2021-04-13	2021-09-14
2022	2022-05-02	2022-09-22
2023	2023-04-05	2023-09-30
2024	2024-04-19	2024-10-26
2025	2025-04-04	2025-10-15
2026	2026-04-12	2026-10-14

Every Year

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year in Atlanta
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	115	12 April 2026	14 October 2026	54 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	103	4 April 2025	15 October 2025	53 days	Complete
2024	112	19 April 2024	26 October 2024	39 days	Complete
2023	96	5 April 2023	30 September 2023	67 days	Complete
2022	99	2 May 2022	22 September 2022	17 days	Complete
2021	78	13 April 2021	14 September 2021	13 days	Complete
2020	88	4 May 2020	14 September 2020	49 days	Complete
2019	128	8 May 2019	4 October 2019	34 days	Complete
2018	124	10 May 2018	8 October 2018	22 days	Complete
2017	91	21 March 2017	12 October 2017	15 days	Complete
2016	130	28 April 2016	31 October 2016	65 days	Complete
2015	87	8 April 2015	20 September 2015	49 days	Complete
2014	99	5 May 2014	11 October 2014	10 days	Complete
2013	70	15 May 2013	20 September 2013	11 days	Complete
2012	91	3 April 2012	28 September 2012	24 days	Complete
2011	114	9 April 2011	26 September 2011	30 days	Complete
2010	118	5 April 2010	11 October 2010	26 days	Complete
2009	70	31 May 2009	25 September 2009	20 days	Complete
2008	90	24 May 2008	30 September 2008	31 days	Complete
2007	107	25 March 2007	25 September 2007	39 days	Complete
2006	89	15 April 2006	5 October 2006	32 days	Complete
2005	73	12 May 2005	27 September 2005	13 days	Complete
2004	60	7 May 2004	31 August 2004	12 days	Complete
2003	54	31 May 2003	20 September 2003	23 days	Complete
2002	88	18 April 2002	6 October 2002	32 days	Complete
2001	66	10 April 2001	23 September 2001	12 days	Complete
2000	90	11 May 2000	20 September 2000	24 days	Complete
1999	71	5 April 1999	15 September 1999	37 days	Complete
1998	102	14 May 1998	1 October 1998	40 days	Complete
1997	67	13 June 1997	30 September 1997	10 days	Complete
1996	102	28 April 1996	25 September 1996	33 days	Complete
1995	93	23 March 1995	10 September 1995	32 days	Complete
1994	97	27 March 1994	16 September 1994	14 days	Complete
1993	117	6 May 1993	9 October 1993	41 days	Complete
1992	68	1 May 1992	22 September 1992	14 days	Complete
1991	89	15 May 1991	18 September 1991	14 days	Complete
1990	107	26 April 1990	8 October 1990	21 days	Complete
1989	93	23 April 1989	6 October 1989	19 days	Complete
1988	99	5 April 1988	25 September 1988	47 days	Complete
1987	105	21 April 1987	18 September 1987	29 days	Complete
1986	115	25 April 1986	5 October 1986	67 days	Complete
1985	70	12 May 1985	14 October 1985	16 days	Complete
1984	70	6 May 1984	18 October 1984	26 days	Complete
1983	74	3 June 1983	18 September 1983	22 days	Complete
1982	87	11 May 1982	19 September 1982	17 days	Complete
1981	100	12 April 1981	6 October 1981	28 days	Complete
1980	125	22 April 1980	10 October 1980	84 days	Complete
1979	63	10 May 1979	7 September 1979	16 days	Complete
1978	87	5 April 1978	23 September 1978	20 days	Complete
1977	89	6 May 1977	18 September 1977	41 days	Complete
1976	49	8 June 1976	29 August 1976	11 days	Complete
1975	56	22 May 1975	20 September 1975	16 days	Complete
1974	53	17 May 1974	21 September 1974	13 days	Complete
1973	70	11 May 1973	24 September 1973	13 days	Complete
1972	65	15 April 1972	29 September 1972	11 days	Complete
1971	54	20 April 1971	4 October 1971	9 days	Complete
1970	97	22 April 1970	3 October 1970	17 days	Complete
1969	79	21 May 1969	18 September 1969	44 days	Complete
1968	65	25 May 1968	25 September 1968	28 days	Complete
1967	28	12 May 1967	19 August 1967	4 days	Complete
1966	47	7 May 1966	6 September 1966	13 days	Complete
1965	49	24 April 1965	21 September 1965	7 days	Complete
1964	56	18 May 1964	23 September 1964	17 days	Complete
1963	63	8 May 1963	21 September 1963	15 days	Complete
1962	88	9 May 1962	15 September 1962	18 days	Complete
1961	47	1 June 1961	25 September 1961	18 days	Complete
1960	97	24 April 1960	21 September 1960	15 days	Complete
1959	86	1 May 1959	5 October 1959	38 days	Complete
1958	83	23 April 1958	27 September 1958	11 days	Complete
1957	88	13 May 1957	22 September 1957	14 days	Complete
1956	95	29 April 1956	16 September 1956	16 days	Complete
1955	94	17 April 1955	30 September 1955	23 days	Complete
1954	113	30 May 1954	13 October 1954	34 days	Complete
1953	86	21 May 1953	28 September 1953	12 days	Complete
1952	90	1 May 1952	2 October 1952	30 days	Complete
1951	93	2 May 1951	6 October 1951	30 days	Complete
1950	72	4 May 1950	20 September 1950	22 days	Complete
1949	72	5 May 1949	18 September 1949	12 days	Complete
1948	85	1 May 1948	22 September 1948	21 days	Complete
1947	84	15 May 1947	25 September 1947	26 days	Complete
1946	70	3 April 1946	21 September 1946	15 days	Complete
1945	92	17 March 1945	26 September 1945	13 days	Complete
1944	100	13 May 1944	6 October 1944	22 days	Complete
1943	105	27 April 1943	15 September 1943	24 days	Complete
1942	88	25 April 1942	19 September 1942	15 days	Complete
1941	119	19 April 1941	23 October 1941	29 days	Complete
1940	93	2 April 1940	28 October 1940	14 days	Complete
1939	109	6 May 1939	24 October 1939	25 days	Complete
1938	98	1 May 1938	19 October 1938	20 days	Complete
1937	101	18 April 1937	19 September 1937	21 days	Complete
1936	110	15 April 1936	23 September 1936	20 days	Complete
1935	91	2 May 1935	23 October 1935	24 days	Complete
1934	73	8 June 1934	29 September 1934	17 days	Complete
1933	95	11 May 1933	1 October 1933	10 days	Complete
1932	73	6 June 1932	18 September 1932	37 days	Complete
1931	97	26 May 1931	12 October 1931	25 days	Complete
1930	77	5 May 1930	25 September 1930	25 days	Complete

Decade averages for Days at or above 30 C (86 F) in Atlanta
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1930s	92.4	10
1940s	90.8	10
1950s	90.0	10
1960s	61.9	10
1970s	68.3	10
1980s	93.8	10
1990s	91.3	10
2000s	78.7	10
2010s	105.2	10
2020s	96.0	6

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).