2017 Summer Climate Summary

North and Central Georgia

Summer 2017 Climate Summary

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(Locations were overall close to normal temperatures and mostly wetter than normal)

Top 10 Rankings:

Seasonal

None of mention

Monthly

June

10^th wettest on record at Athens
8^th wettest on record at Atlanta

July

9^th driest on record at Athens

August

None of mention

* Complete rankings in tables below

Seasonal Avg. Temperature (°F) and Rankings for Jun-Aug

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Site	Avg. Temp. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	78.6 (59^th Coolest)	79.3	-0.7	74.5 (1967)
Atlanta	79.0 (33^rd Warmest)	79.0	0.0	82.7 (1980)
Columbus	81.5 (44^th Warmest)	81.4	+0.1	84.6 (2011)
Macon	80.1 (54^th Coolest)	80.5	-0.4	76.2 (1967)
Cartersville	77.0	77.1	-0.1
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	78.3	78.5	-0.2
Fulton Co. Arpt	78.4	78.4	0.0
Gainesville	77.2	77.5	-0.3
Peachtree City	77.9	77.9	0.0
Rome	78.7	78.0	+0.7

Temp. Extremes (°F) for Jun-Aug

Site	Warmest Temp.	Coldest Temp.
Athens	98 (7/21)	60 (6/8,8/1)
Atlanta	94 (7/21,7/26)	63 (6/26)
Columbus	98 (7/20,7/21)	64 (6/10)
Macon	98 (7/20,7/21)	60 (6/9,8/1)
Cartersville	95 (7/21,7/22)	56 (6/26,6/28)
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	96 (7/21)	60 (6/26)
Fulton Co. Arpt	95 (7/21,8/20)	60 (6/26)
Gainesville	93 (7/20,7/21)	60 (6/26)
Peachtree City	95 (7/26)	60 (6/9,6/10,6/26,6/28,8/1)
Rome	97 (7/21,7/26)	54 (6/26)

Number of Days with Max Temps at least 90°F for Jun-Aug

Site	2017	2016	2015	Mean from Period of Record
Athens	49	81	63	45
Atlanta	34	71	47	31
Columbus	55	83	64	60
Macon	53	82	73	58
Cartersville	29	72	53	43
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	38	74	55	43
Fulton Co. Arpt	34	71	51	43
Gainesville	19	58	39	29
Peachtree City	38	72	55	37
Rome	49	81	56	49

June Avg. Temperature (°F) and Rankings

Site	Avg. Temp. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	76.3 (40^th Coolest)	77.5	-1.2	72.2 (1997)
Atlanta	76.6 (62^nd Coolest)	77.3	-0.7	71.1 (1884)
Columbus	78.9 (32^nd Coolest)	79.8	-0.9	74.2 (1955)
Macon	77.9 (34^th Coolest)	78.9	-1.0	74.2 (1997)
Cartersville	74.9	74.8	+0.1
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	76.2	76.8	-0.6
Fulton Co. Arpt	76.4	76.7	-0.3
Gainesville	74.8	75.6	-0.8
Peachtree City	75.6	75.9	-0.3
Rome	76.4	75.9	+0.5

July Avg. Temperature (°F) and Rankings

Site	Avg. Temp. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	80.9 (30^th Warmest)	80.6	+0.3	85.2 (1993)
Atlanta	81.2 (17^th Warmest)	80.2	+1.0	85.3 (1993)
Columbus	83.6 (26^th Warmest)	82.5	+1.1	85.8 (1993)
Macon	82.2 (34^th Warmest)	81.8	+0.4	86.5 (1986)
Cartersville	79.0	78.3	+0.7
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	80.6	79.8	+0.8
Fulton Co. Arpt	80.4	79.8	+0.6
Gainesville	79.3	78.8	+0.5
Peachtree City	79.9	79.3	+0.6
Rome	80.7	79.4	+1.3

August Avg. Temperature (°F) and Rankings

Site	Avg. Temp. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	78.6 (54^th Coolest)	79.6	-1.0	75.0 (1967)
Atlanta	79.2 (39^th Warmest)	79.4	-0.2	85.6 (2007)
Columbus	82.0 (40^th Warmest)	81.9	+0.1	85.5 (2011)
Macon	80.3 (57^th Coolest)	80.9	-0.6	76.5 (1967)
Cartersville	77.1	78.2	-1.1
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	78.0	79.0	-1.0
Fulton Co. Arpt	78.5	78.8	-0.3
Gainesville	77.5	78.1	-0.6
Peachtree City	78.2	78.6	-0.4
Rome	79.0	78.6	+0.4

Seasonal Precipitation Totals (in) and Rankings for Jun-Aug

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Site	Total Precip. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	16.88 (25^th Wettest)	12.18	+4.70	29.39 (1994)
Atlanta	15.86 (29^th Wettest)	13.12	+2.74	25.82 (2005)
Columbus	13.44 (57^th Wettest)	12.25	+1.19	24.76 (2013)
Macon	13.80 (43^rd Wettest)	13.11	+0.69	30.41 (1928)
Cartersville	15.20	12.43	+2.77
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	20.21	14.09	+6.12
Fulton Co. Arpt	12.24	13.93	-1.69
Gainesville	13.92	13.33	+0.59
Peachtree City	16.39	13.21	+3.18
Rome	10.53	12.55	-2.02

Precip. Extremes (in) for Jun-Aug

Site	Highest Daily Amount
Athens	1.71 (8/11)
Atlanta	1.98 (8/10)
Columbus	1.43 (8/30)
Macon	2.44 (7/1)
Cartersville	1.36 (8/10)
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	4.86 (6/20)
Fulton Co. Arpt	1.63 (6/20)
Gainesville	1.71 (8/31)
Peachtree City	2.09 (8/10)
Rome	1.38 (7/15)

June Precipitation Totals (in) and Rankings

Site	Total Precip. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	8.33 (10^th Wettest)	4.18	+4.15	13.25 (1994)
Atlanta	7.71 (8^th Wettest)	3.95	+3.76	11.21 (1912)
Columbus	3.58 (63^rd Driest)	3.72	-0.14	0.51 (2000)
Macon	5.26 (27^th Wettest)	4.06	+1.20	12.25 (2013)
Cartersville	5.59	3.84	+1.75
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	10.03	4.76	+5.27
Fulton Co. Arpt	6.48	4.13	+2.35
Gainesville	6.70	4.39	+2.31
Peachtree City	5.31	3.63	+1.68
Rome	4.52	4.10	+0.42

July Precipitation Totals (in) and Rankings

Site	Total Precip. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	3.08 (9^th Driest)	4.47	-1.39	0.93 (1947)
Atlanta	2.68 (59^th Driest)	5.27	-2.59	0.56 (1881)
Columbus	4.98 (60^th Wettest)	4.76	+0.22	16.14 (1916)
Macon	3.64 (42^nd Driest)	4.95	-1.31	0.37 (1986)
Cartersville	5.60	4.66	+0.94
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	3.92	5.02	-1.10
Fulton Co. Arpt	3.35	5.06	-1.71
Gainesville	2.44	4.51	-2.07
Peachtree City	5.50	5.26	+0.24
Rome	2.94	4.32	-1.38

August Precipitation Totals (in) and Rankings

Site	Total Precip. and Current Ranking	Normal	Dep. from Normal	Previous Records
Athens	5.47 (36^th Wettest)	3.53	+1.94	18.43 (1908)
Atlanta	5.47 (39^th Wettest)	3.90	+1.57	10.02 (1920)
Columbus	4.88 (47^th Wettest)	3.77	+1.11	11.98 (1898)
Macon	4.90 (41^st Wettest)	4.10	+0.80	20.52 (1928)
Cartersville	4.01	3.93	+0.08
DeKalb Peachtree Arpt	6.26	4.31	+1.95
Fulton Co. Arpt	2.41	4.74	-2.33
Gainesville	4.78	4.43	+0.35
Peachtree City	5.58	4.32	+1.26
Rome	3.07	4.13	-1.06

Fall Outlook

Based on the Climate Prediction Center’s fall outlook (Oct-Dec), North and Central Georgia has about a 35% chance for above normal temperatures, and about a 35% chance for below normal precipitation.

Data prepared by the Atlanta Forecast Office.