The average temperature in Gainesville last year was 2.9 degrees above normal with an average of 63.8 degrees. But some places were warmer than that.
The National Weather Service (NWS) Peachtree City office says it was the fifth-warmest among the nine reporting stations in the parts of north and central Georgia it serves. The warmest was Atlanta, which was 3.7 degrees warmer than average making 2024 the city’s warmest year on record.
Back in Gainesville, the NWS’ annual climate summary shows the average daily temperature was 63.8 degrees. The warmest day was June 26 when a high of 98 was recorded at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport. Rainfall for the year totaled 54.78 inches, almost an inch above normal. In fact, each of the reporting stations except Fulton County Airport and Peachtree-DeKalb Airport recorded more than usual.
You can access the full report here: 2024 was the world’s warmest year on record | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
And for the nation as a whole, you may have already heard that it was the warmest on record – and that goes for the whole planet: 2024 was the world’s warmest year on record | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration