Zip 30534 (Dawsonville, GA) Climate

Dawsonville, Georgia (30534) has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and mild winters. The summer months are very warm, with temperatures reaching up to the mid-90s on average. During the spring and fall months, temperatures range from the mid-60s to mid-80s. Winters in this region are mild, with temperatures rarely falling below 40°F or above 65°F. The area receives an average of 50 inches of rain each year, mainly during the warm months of April through October.

Dawsonville (zip 30534), Georgia gets 56 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Dawsonville (zip 30534) averages 2 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 217 sunny days per year in Dawsonville (zip 30534). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Dawsonville (zip 30534) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 111 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 29
Rain: averages 56 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 2 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 30534 zip code is 7.6 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Georgia.

7.7 Summer - 6.5 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 30534 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 30534 zip code with an average high temperature of 87.2°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Georgia. In the 30534 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 30534 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 30534 zip code, there are 23.0 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 30534 zip code with an average of 29.3°. This is one of the coldest places in Georgia.

In the 30534 zip code, there are 69.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Georgia.

In the 30534 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 30534 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 30534 zip code.

March is the wettest month in the 30534 zip code with 5.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 4.0 inches. The wettest season is Spring with 28% of yearly precipitation and 24% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 55.8 inches in the 30534 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Georgia.

June is the rainiest month in the 30534 zip code with 10.2 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.1 rainy days. There are 110.5 rainy days annually in the 30534 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Georgia. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 2.2 inches in the 30534 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Georgia. January is the snowiest month in the 30534 zip code with 1.7 inches of snow, and 1 month of the year have significant snowfall.

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