All-time Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Atlanta

Official weather records have been kept in Atlanta, Georgia since 1878. These are the all-time record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Atlanta since 1878.

Atlanta is certainly known as a city that can get pretty hot in the summer, but the city can also get pretty cold in the winter too. Atlanta's all-time coldest temperature is not much above New York City's all-time coldest temperature.

In general, Atlanta has a slightly milder climate than the extremes that can be found in the state of Georgia. This is born out by the differences between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures in Atlanta, compared to the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures in the state of Georgia.

The difference between the record hottest and coldest temperatures in Atlanta is 115 degrees. The difference between the record hottest and coldest temperatures in Georgia is 129; a difference of only 14 total degrees.

All-time Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Atlanta

The All-time Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Atlanta is 106 Degrees

The hottest temperature ever recorded in Atlanta, Georgia is 106 degrees, which occurred on June 30, 2012. Atlanta had a very hot stretch early in the summer of 2012. In addition to the record 106 degree day, it was also 105 degrees on July 1st, and 104 degrees on June 29th in 2012.

Considering Atlanta is known as a city where it usually gets pretty hot in the summer, a record high temperature of 106 degrees does not seem that high. But in Atlanta, it's the high humidity levels in the summer that make the city feel so hot. I've been to Atlanta a number of times in the summer, and it certainly felt hotter than 106 degrees many times.

• All-time Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Georgia is 112 degrees 

The hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Georgia is 112 degrees, which occurred in Greenville on August 20, 1983. Greenville is a small city located only some 60 miles south of Atlanta.

The difference between the all-time hottest temperature in Atlanta (106) and the all-time hottest temperature in Georgia (112) is six degrees. Not an enormous difference at all.

The All-time Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Atlanta is -9 Degrees

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Atlanta is -9 degrees, which occurred on February 13, 1899. Below zero temperature days are very rare in Atlanta, as there have only been eight total below zero days in the city since 1878.

So it can get very cold in Atlanta, but really cold days are pretty rare. The last time it was below zero in Atlanta occurred in 1985, when it was -6 degrees on January 20th, and -8 degrees on January 21st.

• The All-time Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Georgia is -17 Degrees 

The coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Georgia is -17 degrees, which occurred on January 27, 1940, at Civilian Conservation Corp Camp F-16 located in northwestern Georgia near the city of Lafayette. 

The difference between the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Atlanta (-9), and the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Georgia (-17) is 8 degrees.

That is a little higher difference than the all-time hottest temperatures in Atlanta and Georgia, but is still not that large a difference. I think it's safe to say that the weather temperatures in Atlanta are usually similar to the temperatures found throughout Georgia, certainly that is true for the record temperatures in the city and the state.