February Temperature Outlook In GA Looks Nothing Like 1940 Record

GEORGIA — February temperatures in Georgia should be near normal, according to an updated outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center.

Overall, the temperature outlook for the last month of meteorological winter favors well-above-normal temperatures in the northern half of the nation, and near-average temperatures in parts of the Southwest and Southeast, according to the forecast.

Precipitation, whether as rain or snow, looks to be above average across large parts of the southern, central and southeastern parts of the country, but well below average in the Pacific Northwest and around the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and in the Northeast, according to the outlook.

In Georgia, the northern portion of the state has equal chances of precipitation while the chances for precipitation in central and southern Georgia are above normal. A drought is not predicted for most of the state though the northwest could be abnormally dry.

So far this month, Georgia has seen light showers and sunny skies. The seven-day forecast calls for sunny and clear skies before cloudy weather makes way for showers and possible thunderstorms.

Historically, February can bring some of the coldest temperatures of winter.

In Georgia, the coldest day on record was Jan. 27, 1940, when the thermometer registered 17 degrees below zero Fahrenheit at CCC Fire Camp F-16 near Beatum.

February 2023 was the third-warmest on record nationwide since record-keeping began in 1895, according to another Climate Prediction Center report. Temperatures in Georgia and Pennsylvania last year were the warmest for daytime temperatures.

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