A living record
Atlanta, by degrees
Eighty-six summers of heat data for one city, and a running count of what this one is doing so far.
Start with Chapter 01: Eighty-six summers, one image →Yesterday 69°F 25th percentile for 10-11
Last night 58°F low 50th percentile
Current streak 0 days ≥ 90°F record: 32 days (1993)
Days ≥ 90°F, so far this year
2026 so far: 15 days. Every faint line behind it is one of the other 86 years.
201219932007 2026
What 86 years look like
- Longest 90°F+ streak
- 32 days, starting 1993-07-02
- Hottest day (feels like)
- 111°F on 2012-06-30
- Warm nights per year, 2010s
- 6.8, up from 1.2 in the 1940s
Read the record, chapter by chapter
Six chapters, each a different instrument pointed at the same city.
Chapter 01 Eighty-six summers, one image Every day since 1940, in one image. Chapter 02 "Hotlanta" is a nickname, not a measurement How Atlanta actually stacks up against its Southeast peers. Chapter 03 The days aren't the whole story. The nights are. The trend that matters more than the daytime highs. Chapter 04 Six moments the record remembers Each one left a visible scar on the wall. Chapter 05 The average hides a real spread Every other chapter here uses one number for the whole city. Chapter 06 The air gets worse when it gets hot A different kind of bad day, on the same hot days.