Atlanta weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Atlanta, Nebraska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Holdrege, 12 km from Atlanta; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.6 in701 mm
- Snow a year
- 25 in65 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 6,356
- Cooling degree days
- 898
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −5°−21° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Atlanta in January
Highs average 37°3° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.56 in14 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1990)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1241
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Atlanta in February
Highs average 41°5° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1917)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1029
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Atlanta in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 817
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Atlanta in April
Highs average 62°17° and lows 35°2°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 1.8 in4.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1910)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 494
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Atlanta in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 46°8°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1934)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 223
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Atlanta in June
Highs average 83°28° and lows 57°14°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1946)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 187
Atlanta in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 62°17°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1936)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 309
Atlanta in August
Highs average 85°30° and lows 60°16°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1934)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 247
Atlanta in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 51°11°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 107
- Cooling degree days
- 97
Atlanta in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 38°3°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1916)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 430
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Atlanta in November
Highs average 51°11° and lows 25°−4°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1909)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 813
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Atlanta in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1964)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1158
- Cooling degree days
- 0