Zip 30523 (Clarkesville, GA) Climate

30523 Clarkesville, GA has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters. Precipitation is well distributed throughout the year with a slightly higher incidence in summer months. The average high temperature is around 80ºF (26.7ºC) during the summer months and an average low temperature of 37ºF (2.8ºC) during winter months. Summers tend to bring frequent thunderstorms, while winters may bring snowfall occasionally. Overall, this area offers moderate temperatures throughout all four seasons of the year.

Clarkesville (zip 30523), Georgia gets 62 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Clarkesville (zip 30523) averages 2 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 218 sunny days per year in Clarkesville (zip 30523). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Clarkesville (zip 30523) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 116 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 27
Rain: averages 62 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 2 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 30523 zip code is 7.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Georgia.

7.9 Summer - 6.4 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 30523 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Clarkesville, Georgia	United States
	61.5 in.	38.1 in.
	1.8 in.	27.8 in.
	115.9 days	106.2 days
	218 days	205 days
	86.6°	85.8°
	27.1°	21.7°
	7.6	7
	5.2	4.3
	1460 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the 30523 zip code with an average high temperature of 86.6°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Georgia. In the 30523 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 30523 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 30523 zip code, there are 20.3 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Georgia.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 30523 zip code with an average of 27.1°. This is one of the coldest places in Georgia.

In the 30523 zip code, there are 86.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Georgia.

In the 30523 zip code, there are 0.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Georgia.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 30523 zip code during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in the 30523 zip code.

February is the wettest month in the 30523 zip code with 5.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is April with 4.2 inches. The wettest season is Spring with 28% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Summer, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 61.5 inches in the 30523 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Georgia.

August is the rainiest month in the 30523 zip code with 10.9 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.3 rainy days. There are 115.9 rainy days annually in the 30523 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Georgia. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 1.8 inches in the 30523 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Georgia. January is the snowiest month in the 30523 zip code with 0.9 inches of snow, and 2 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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