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Weather extremes
How extreme does Albany's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Albany has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Albany has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 14°F hotter than a normal August afternoon in Albany (typical high near 92°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 27°F colder than a normal January night in Albany (typical low near 39°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Albany usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 4.4 in).
The three most extreme on record
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Albany's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — August's 106°F is about 14°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Albany SW Georgia Rgnl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00013869), about 6 km from the city centre.