Atlanta Threshold Days: Hot, Cold and Wet Days per Year

16 fixed thresholds counted per year for Atlanta: days at or above 30 C and 100 F, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with rankings and streaks.

Key Facts for Atlanta Thresholds

Atlanta: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 97 years, most in 2016 with 130.
Atlanta: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 97 years, most in 2019 with 91.
Atlanta: nights with a minimum temperature at or below Frost days (min at or below 0 C) (32 F) in 97 years, most in 1968 with 88.
Atlanta: nights with a minimum temperature at or above Tropical nights (min at or above 20 C) (68 F) in 97 years, most in 2018 with 141.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Atlanta.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

97 years with a qualifying day

Days per year in Atlanta with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 130 in 2016.

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	98.4
2021	78	98.4
2022	99	98.4
2023	96	98.4
2024	112	98.4
2025	103	98.4
2026	113	98.4

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

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	2026-10-03

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds in Atlanta
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days	Page
30 C (86 F): Days	97	130	2016	113	Full page
35 C (95 F): Days	81	40	1954	18	Full page
40 C (104 F): Days	3	3	1980	3	Too few years
90 F (32.2 C): Days	97	91	2019	76	Full page
100 F (37.8 C): Days	22	9	1980	1	Full page
Ice days (max at or below 0 C) (32 F): Ice days (max	67	9	1935	2	Full page
Frost days (min at or below 0 C) (32 F): Frost days (min	97	88	1968	22	Full page
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	55	9	1970	1	Full page
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	2	2	1985	2	Too few years
Tropical nights (min at or above 20 C) (68 F): Tropical nights (min	97	141	2018	121	Full page
25 C (77 F): Days with min	40	14	1980	7	Full page
Days with 10 mm or more rain (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	97	60	2015	34	Full page
Days with 25 mm or more rain (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	97	25	1948	5	Full page
Days with 50 mm or more rain (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	89	8	2024	2	Full page
Days with 100 mm or more rain (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	19	2	1948	1	Full page
Days with 10 cm or more snowfall (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	11	1	1934	1	Full page

A full page with streaks and every date exists for thresholds with at least 5 qualifying years. Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column.

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Data for Atlanta threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Atlanta Threshold Days: Hot, Cold and Wet Days per Year

Key Facts for Atlanta Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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