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Murray County, Georgia

Climate-adjusted normal temperatures for 2026 — what “normal” looks like when it’s measured against today’s climate instead of a 30-year average centered on 2005.

Year-round gap
+0.3°F
How far the official normal high now runs behind the climate
Winter gap
+1.2°F
Dec–Feb normal high
Summer gap
+-0.5°F
Jun–Aug normal high
National rank
#2,757
of 3,136 counties (top 88%)
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Murray County’s official normal high — the 1991–2020 average shown by weather apps — now understates the local climate by an average of 0.3°F across the year. The gap is widest in December (+1.6°F), and warming here has been fastest in winter. That places Murray County #2,757 of 3,136 U.S. counties for how far “normal” has drifted from reality.

Traditional vs climate-adjusted normal through the year
Official 1991–2020 normal Climate-adjusted to 2026

Month by month

1991 called. It wants its climate baseline back.

MonthNormal highAdjusted high Normal lowAdjusted lowGap (high)
January50.1°50.4°30.0°30.0°+0.3°
February54.5°56.1°32.9°34.4°+1.6°
March62.7°64.2°39.4°40.3°+1.4°
April71.9°72.3°46.5°46.5°+0.3°
May78.9°78.3°55.6°56.1°+-0.6°
June85.3°84.6°63.3°63.7°+-0.7°
July88.3°88.0°67.3°68.0°+-0.4°
August87.7°87.2°66.3°66.8°+-0.5°
September82.5°81.9°60.2°60.5°+-0.6°
October72.4°72.7°48.6°49.4°+0.2°
November61.3°62.3°38.0°38.8°+1.0°
December52.7°54.4°32.7°34.1°+1.6°
Why this number exists

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“normal” temperature in every weather app is a 30-year average (1991–2020) — a number centered on mid-2005, two decades out of date in a warming climate.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.

It isn’t a forecast — it’s a more honest yardstick for what “normal” means now. Read why Nowmal exists →

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About this data

The official normal is the 1991–2020 average from NOAA’s homogenized county climate record (nClimDiv). The warming trend is fit to the county’s full record since 1895 using NOAA’s published hinge-fit approach — flat before 1975, linear after — then the normal is advanced 20.5 years to 2026. Full details on the methodology page.

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