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Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance), Georgia
The week’s forecast, measured against two yardsticks: the “normal” your weather app still uses — a 1991–2020 average centered on 2005 — and the climate-adjusted normal, which here runs +0.7°F warmer. Same NOAA data. No pretending.
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Month by month
1991 called. It wants its climate baseline back.
| Month | Normal high | Adjusted high | Normal low | Adjusted low | Gap (high) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53.7° | 54.6° | 32.9° | 33.1° | +0.9° |
| February | 57.7° | 59.4° | 35.9° | 37.6° | +1.8° |
| March | 65.6° | 67.3° | 41.9° | 42.9° | +1.8° |
| April | 73.8° | 74.7° | 48.4° | 48.6° | +0.9° |
| May | 80.5° | 80.2° | 57.5° | 57.7° | +-0.4° |
| June | 87.0° | 86.9° | 65.4° | 65.6° | +-0.2° |
| July | 89.9° | 90.2° | 69.1° | 69.7° | +0.3° |
| August | 88.4° | 88.4° | 68.3° | 68.6° | +-0.0° |
| September | 83.0° | 83.0° | 62.3° | 62.4° | +-0.1° |
| October | 73.7° | 74.4° | 51.0° | 51.7° | +0.7° |
| November | 63.9° | 64.9° | 40.6° | 41.5° | +1.1° |
| December | 55.7° | 57.5° | 35.4° | 37.0° | +1.8° |
The “normal” temperature in every weather app is a 30-year average (1991–2020) — a number centered on mid-2005, two decades out of date in a warming climate. The Climate-Adjusted Normal takes NOAA’s official normal and advances it to the present using this county’s own measured warming trend.
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About this data
The forecast is the National Weather Service’s, for Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) itself. Normals and the warming trend are computed at county level (Clarke County) from NOAA’s homogenized climate record, because climate trends vary smoothly — nearby towns warm at statistically indistinguishable rates. Method details on the methodology page.
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