United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Preston.

October leads for comfortable weather in Preston: typically 25.4°C by day, 11.7°C at night, with 69 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortOctober

Typical high25.4°C

Typical low11.7°C

Rain in October69 mm

Comfort

October

October · April · May

83climate match

Beach

May

May · September · August

74climate match

Outdoors

November

November · March · October

81climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 31 against October’s 83 — days reach only 15°C, 9° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 2°C.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

3115° / 2°

Feb

4217.2° / 3.5°

Mar

6020.9° / 6.8°

Apr

7724.9° / 10.3°

May

7529.1° / 15.3°

Jun

5031.8° / 19.4°

Jul

4232.9° / 21°

Aug

4532.3° / 20.7°

Sep

6429.9° / 17.8°

Oct

8325.4° / 11.7°

Nov

6320.3° / 6.2°

Dec

3616.2° / 3.3°

Monthly climate evidence for Preston — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	15°C	2°C	118 mm	8.1	10 h 16	31	Strong coverage
February	17.2°C	3.5°C	113 mm	6.9	11 h	42	Strong coverage
March	20.9°C	6.8°C	122 mm	7	11 h 53	60	Strong coverage
April	24.9°C	10.3°C	98 mm	5.9	12 h 55	77	Strong coverage
May	29.1°C	15.3°C	77 mm	5.5	13 h 47	75	Strong coverage
June	31.8°C	19.4°C	114 mm	9	14 h 14	50	Strong coverage
July	32.9°C	21°C	122 mm	9.3	14 h 03	42	Strong coverage
August	32.3°C	20.7°C	121 mm	8.9	13 h 19	45	Strong coverage
September	29.9°C	17.8°C	99 mm	6	12 h 19	64	Strong coverage
October	25.4°C	11.7°C	69 mm	4.9	11 h 20	83	Strong coverage
November	20.3°C	6.2°C	83 mm	5.8	10 h 28	63	Strong coverage
December	16.2°C	3.3°C	131 mm	7.1	10 h 04	36	Strong coverage

What has changed

Preston runs +0.6°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan

+1.7

Feb

+2.6

Mar

+1.4

Apr

-0.1

May

+0.1

Jun

+0.1

Jul

0.0

Aug

0.0

Sep

-0.1

Oct

+0.2

Nov

-0.2

Dec

+1.8

October daytime highs, 2011–2025. Last recorded: 24.6°C.

Records at PLAINS SW GA EXP STN, 1956–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	27.8°C5 Jan 2000	-18.9°C21 Jan 1985	138 mm6 Jan 1962	304 mm1964 · driest 23 mm in 2013	68
February	30.6°C16 Feb 2018	-13.3°C5 Feb 1996	136 mm11 Feb 1981	299 mm2013 · driest 14 mm in 2001	68
March	31.7°C11 Mar 1974	-10.0°C3 Mar 1980	199 mm28 Mar 2005	305 mm2001 · driest 7 mm in 2004	69
April	33.9°C28 Apr 1986	-1.7°C9 Apr 2000	90 mm18 Apr 1998	302 mm1998 · driest 8 mm in 1986	67
May	37.2°C26 May 2019	5.0°C13 May 1960	119 mm4 May 2010	260 mm2024 · driest 0 mm in 1962	70
June	38.9°C22 Jun 2022	8.3°C1 Jun 1972	125 mm28 Jun 2001	303 mm2001 · driest 27 mm in 2019	67
July	40.0°C1 Jul 2012	12.8°C15 Jul 1967	102 mm4 Jul 1994	310 mm1971 · driest 24 mm in 2016	69
August	40.6°C19 Aug 2000	12.8°C31 Aug 1986	99 mm11 Aug 2004	309 mm2008 · driest 21 mm in 2024	68
September	37.8°C17 Sep 1980	2.8°C30 Sep 1967	132 mm7 Sep 2004	356 mm2004 · driest 5 mm in 2019	66
October	36.1°C8 Oct 2019	-2.8°C28 Oct 2001	137 mm30 Oct 1993	201 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 1963	68
November	31.1°C1 Nov 2016	-8.9°C25 Nov 1970	99 mm22 Nov 1985	229 mm1992 · driest 0 mm in 2016	66
December	27.8°C8 Dec 1978	-15.6°C13 Dec 1962	165 mm11 Dec 2008	373 mm2009 · driest 19 mm in 1980	67

Typical days per month at PLAINS SW GA EXP STN, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	<1	0	12	4
February	2	0	8	3
March	8	<1	4	4
April	17	3	<1	3
May	28	14	0	2
June	29	24	0	4
July	31	28	0	4
August	31	26	0	4
September	28	17	0	3
October	19	4	<1	2
November	5	<1	4	3
December	2	0	10	3

How often, not how much — every day in PLAINS SW GA EXP STN’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	13%	28%	13%	30%	11.3–17.6°C
February	25%	26%	12%	29%	13.6–19.9°C
March	46%	27%	12%	28%	17.8–22.9°C
April	72%	21%	10%	17%	23.3–26.6°C
May	78%	22%	9%	23%	27.2–30.5°C
June	71%	29%	13%	37%	30.2–33.5°C
July	66%	34%	14%	42%	31.2–34.4°C
August	71%	29%	12%	36%	30.8–33.9°C
September	78%	21%	9%	21%	28.2–32.2°C
October	78%	15%	7%	12%	23.7–26.9°C
November	47%	19%	8%	16%	18.2–23.0°C
December	20%	25%	11%	27%	13.7–18.5°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1956Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 61-year average. Warmest: 2019. Coolest: 1976.2021

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 4217343
NOAA station: USC00097087 · PLAINS SW GA EXP STN
Station distance: 15.8 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 27 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 32.07°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from PLAINS SW GA EXP STN is what differs

Buena Vista→Ellaville→Plains→Shiloh→Parrott→Archery→

Or put two places side by side: Preston vs Buena Vista

Best time to visitPreston.

October

May

November

The whole year,without the guesswork.

Preston runs +0.6°Con the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Preston.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Preston runs +0.6°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,
and named.