Georgia Annual Rainfall see below for individual cities 


 

Georgia city precipitation totals

City

Avg Annual Precip

Avg Snow Annual

 Avg. # days of Precip
Athens 47.83 2.4 110
Atlanta 50.20 2.1 115
Augusta 44.58 1.1 107
Columbus 48.57 0.5 110
Macon 45.00 0.9 110
Savannah 49.58 0.4 111
State Average - 50.72 inches, 8th wettest in U.S.

Georgia Precipitation Records 

  • Driest location ranked by lowest annual average precipitation: Mount Vernon south central Georgia, 40.49"
  • Wettest location ranked by highest annual average precipitation: Clayton, northeastern Georgia, 73,36"
  • Snowiest location ranked by highest annual average snowfall: Clayton, northeastern Georgia, 6.1"
  • State precipitation record for 24 hours - Americus, south central Georgia, 7/5-6/1994, 21.10" (Tropical Storm Alberto)
  • State precipitation record for 1 year - Flat Top, northern Georgia, 1959, 122.16" 
  • State snowfall record for 24 hours - Mountain City, northeastern Georgia, 3/12-13/1993, 24.0"
  • State snow record for 1 season - Diamond, northern Georgia, 1894-1895, 39.0"
  • The odds of Georgia experiencing such devastating river floods during September 2009 was less than 1 in 500. 
Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center