Climate and average weather in Pooler

In Pooler, the summers are muggy, hot, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and partly cloudy.

Best: late February to mid May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Pooler typically varies from 41°F to 90°F, and is rarely below 27°F or above 96°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Pooler for warm-weather activities are from late February to mid May and early October to mid December.

Hottest
Jul
90°
Coldest
Jan
41°
Wettest
Aug
6.4 in
Driest
Nov
2.2 in
Rain / yr
45.5 in
132 wet days
Daylight
9.9–14.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
20 ft
32.1°N
Clearest
Oct
47% cloud

Pooler is city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States.

Density
294/km²
people per km²
Founded
1838

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Pooler weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late February to mid May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Pooler, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.4 months, from May 14 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 83°F. The hottest month of the year in Pooler is July, with an average high of 90°F and low of 74°F.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from November 28 to February 24, with daily high temperatures below 67°F. The coldest month of the year in Pooler is January, with an average low of 41°F and high of 61°F.

Days typically run about 18°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 21°F) in March.

20°40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6141
Feb6444
Mar7150
Apr7757
May8365
Jun8872
Jul9074
Aug8974
Sep8569
Oct7859
Nov6949
Dec6344

How hot and cold Pooler really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Pooler feels like about 100°F (around July 22). About 103 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan61613641
Feb64644044
Mar71714850
Apr77775757
May84836565
Jun93887272
Jul99907474
Aug97897474
Sep89856969
Oct78785959
Nov69694749
Dec63634044

Average hourly temperature in Pooler

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 90°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 41°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Pooler weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan61° / 41°3.1810.15.4
Feb64° / 44°2.97.810.86.0
Mar71° / 50°3.08.211.87.0
Apr77° / 57°2.97.412.87.3
May83° / 65°2.99.313.66.0
Jun88° / 72°5.817.514.13.7
Jul90° / 74°5.519.213.93.0
Aug89° / 74°6.420.313.23.3
Sep85° / 69°4.413.412.24.9
Oct78° / 59°3.57.611.27.3
Nov69° / 49°2.26.210.47.2
Dec63° / 44°2.97.49.96.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Pooler gets about 45.5 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around May 24 to Sep 29, peaking in August at about 66% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 28.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 6.4 in over about 20 wet days; November is the driest, with 2.2 in.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 1 · 66%Oct 28 · 19%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan268
Feb288
Mar268
Apr257
May319
Jun5618
Jul6319
Aug6420
Sep4513
Oct268
Nov206
Dec247

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Pooler collects about 45.5 in of rain across 132 wet days — roughly 3.8 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 6.4 in, while November is the driest at just 2.2 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 39% of the year’s total.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.12.93.02.92.95.85.56.44.43.52.22.9
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan3.18
Feb2.98
Mar3.08
Apr2.97
May2.99
Jun5.818
Jul5.519
Aug6.420
Sep4.413
Oct3.58
Nov2.26
Dec2.97

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Pooler, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around September 18 and lasts for 2.6 months, ending around December 5. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 60% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 3 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around September 17. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 22 · 63%Aug 2 · 41%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb4951
Mar5347
Apr5842
May6040
Jun5050
Jul4456
Aug4456
Sep5248
Oct5941
Nov5842
Dec5050

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 11, brings about 14 h 06 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.17:315:38
Feb10.87:156:04
Mar11.86:426:27
Apr12.86:026:49
May13.65:327:10
Jun14.15:237:28
Jul13.95:337:28
Aug13.25:537:05
Sep12.26:136:25
Oct11.26:345:46
Nov10.47:005:20
Dec9.97:245:18

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Pooler averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.2 months, from around Sep 27 to Dec 31. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 7 sunny days — about 51% fewer than the October peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedbrightOct 2315 daysJul 295 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun8Mixed
Jul7Gloomy
Aug7Gloomy
Sep10Mixed
Oct14Mixed
Nov13Mixed
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Pooler, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around May 3 to October 17. The muggiest month is June, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 97% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 18 to May 2, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 94% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 26 · 96%Jun 30 · 0%miserablemuggyoppressivehumidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan84105100
Feb79137000
Mar691713100
Apr4622211000
May16152532120
Jun12926584
Jul00197019
Aug00286525
Sep361223506
Oct29171823121
Nov651511810
Dec76147200

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Pooler is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Nov 2 to May 19. The windiest month is March, averaging about 7 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 20 to Nov 1, with August the calmest month at about 5 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 8 · 8 mphAug 13 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7light breeze
Apr7calm
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Pooler

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Pooler sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Pooler

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Pooler throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early March, Pooler is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Pooler for general outdoor tourist activities run from late February to mid May and again from early October to mid December, with a peak score in the last week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 26 · 7.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.4fair
Feb6.0good
Mar7.0good
Apr7.3good
May5.9good
Jun3.7fair
Jul3.0poor
Aug3.3poor
Sep5.0fair
Oct7.2good
Nov7.2good
Dec6.0good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Pooler for hot-weather activities run from early April to early June and again from early September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of May.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 9 · 7.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Pooler, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 90°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 61°F), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Pooler sees daytime highs around 90°F and nights near 74°F. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Pooler

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 mi away) is warmest in August at about 84°F and coldest in February near 58°F.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Apr 22 to Nov 16 — about 6.9 months when the water holds above 68°F.

60°70°80°90°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°F)Comfort
Jan59Cool
Feb58Bracing
Mar61Cool
Apr67Cool
May74Refreshing
Jun80Warm
Jul83Tropical
Aug84Tropical
Sep82Warm
Oct76Warm
Nov68Refreshing
Dec62Cool

UV index (midday) in Pooler by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pooler peaks around July 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar7High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Pooler

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan30
Feb50
Mar62.5
Apr6.53
May7.54.5
Jun85.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.55
Sep6.53.5
Oct5.50
Nov40
Dec1.50

Air quality in Pooler by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Pooler is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1723 µg/m³Dec 158 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Pooler is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about February 19 to December 3 (288 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeFeb 1990%Dec 390%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan8031
Feb8918
Mar960
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov950
Dec8626

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Pooler banks about 6,338 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan33
Feb118
Mar314
Apr505
May745
Jun890
Jul1,001
Aug971
Sep812
Oct574
Nov272
Dec104

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Pooler receives about 4.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.6 and 6.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 11 to Sep 17. The brightest month is May, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 58% less than the May peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 126.5 kWhDec 212.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.0Moderate
Feb3.7Moderate
Mar4.9Bright
Apr6.0Intense
May6.5Intense
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.2Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.8Bright
Oct4.1Bright
Nov3.3Moderate
Dec2.6Moderate

Where is Pooler?

Pooler sits at 32.1°N, 81.2°W, 20 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Savannah, 8.7 mi away.

Topography around Pooler

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Pooler.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Pooler has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 ft around an average of 36 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 ft; within 50 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 374 ft.

The land around Pooler is covered by trees (55%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 2 miles, trees (64%) within 10 miles, and trees (60%) and water (22%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
95 ft
10 miles
177 ft
50 miles
374 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Savannah 8.7 mi · Wilmington Island 18 mi · Bluffton 24 mi · Hinesville 27 mi · Hilton Head 30 mi · Hilton Head Island 30 mi · Statesboro 39 mi · Brunswick 68 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Pooler (32.1155°, -81.2471°, elevation 20 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).