Mountain City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Mountain City, Georgia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Highlands, 22 km from Mountain City; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 88.3 in2242 mm
- Snow a year
- 10 in26 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 17
- Heating degree days
- 5,370
- Cooling degree days
- 243
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 7°−14° (heating, 99%) and 85°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Mountain City in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 8 in203 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1932)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 989
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Mountain City in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 26°−3°, with 6.9 in175 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1932)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 802
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Mountain City in March
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 7.6 in193 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1929)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 691
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Mountain City in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 39°4°, with 7 in177 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1946)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 440
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Mountain City in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 47°8°, with 6.6 in168 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1941)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 224
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Mountain City in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 54°12°, with 7.2 in182 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 62
- Cooling degree days
- 47
Mountain City in July
Highs average 78°25° and lows 58°14°, with 7.1 in180 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1930)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 98
Mountain City in August
Highs average 76°24° and lows 57°14°, with 7.1 in180 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1930)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Mountain City in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 51°11°, with 8 in203 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1925)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 128
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Mountain City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 41°5°, with 6.5 in164 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1941)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 415
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Mountain City in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 32°0°, with 7.8 in197 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1935)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 680
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Mountain City in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 27°−3°, with 8.7 in220 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1924)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 896
- Cooling degree days
- 0