#1St. Simons
unincorporated, Glynn County · 16,228 peopleJanuary low·July high 91°·8 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in Georgia
St. Simons has the mildest winters of Georgia’s 258 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 43° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 33°; 218 of the 258 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#143°
#2St. Marys
Camden County · 20,546 peopleJanuary low·July high 91°·12 freezing nights a year
#3Brunswick
Glynn County · 15,730 peopleJanuary low·July high 92°·9 freezing nights a year
All 258 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 228 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
T180Social CircleWalton County · 5,537 people33°6290°average high
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Which Georgia town has the mildest winters?
St. Simons (unincorporated, Glynn County): January nights average a low of 43°. St. Marys (43°) and Brunswick (43°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (258 in Georgia): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Georgia page.
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