Playability Score: 74/100 — Fair
Current conditions: 78°F, wind 15 mph, 15% chance of rain.
Updated July 9, 2026
Augusta is home to The Masters and offers humid subtropical golf weather. Spring azalea season (March-April) is peak. Summer brings intense heat and humidity. Fall offers a second prime window with cooler temperatures.
Augusta sits in the Piedmont just above the Savannah River basin, where a humid subtropical climate creates a calendar that golfers quickly learn to read in three acts: the prime window, the grind, and the sneaky-good off-season. The prime window runs March through May, when azaleas bloom and afternoon highs climb from 69°F to 83°F — conditions that put the site's ideal 60–80°F scoring range squarely in reach most mornings. Then comes the grind: June through August, when highs push into the upper 80s and low 90s and humidity makes every degree feel heavier. July averages 19 precip days, the wettest month of the year. Finally, the sneaky-good off-season stretches from late September through November, when the crowds thin, October delivers just 9 precip days (the driest month of the year), and highs hover in the comfortable 66–77°F band.
Wind is rarely the headline story in Augusta. Peak gusts run 9–12 mph across all twelve months, never straying far from the site's calm threshold of 8 mph. April is technically the windiest month at 11.9 mph, which is still modest by most standards. The bigger variables are summer heat, afternoon thunderstorms, and that long humid stretch that makes early tee times feel mandatory from June onward.
March through May is Augusta's most celebrated stretch, with average highs rising from 69°F to 83°F and precip days holding steady around 11–13 per month. April swings 22°F between its average low (54°F) and high (76°F), so morning rounds can start cool before conditions hit the scoring sweet spot. Winds peak for the year in April at 11.9 mph — still moderate, but noticeable if you're playing exposed holes.
June through August is Augusta's grind season: highs run 89–92°F and overnight lows barely drop below 70°F, meaning the heat never fully resets. July is both the hottest and wettest month, logging 19 precip days — the most of any month. By July, overnight lows average 74°F, so even a 6 a.m. tee time starts in warm, muggy air with no real overnight relief built in.
September cools to an 86°F average high, and by October that drops to 77°F with lows at 58°F — comfortably within the ideal range for most of the day. October's 9 precip days are the fewest of any month, making it the most reliably dry stretch on the calendar. November extends the run with a 66°F average high, 10 precip days, and winds that stay below 10 mph.
January's 56°F high falls below the 60°F ideal floor; December's 60°F high sits right at the threshold rather than below it. Lows dip to 39°F in January, so the 17°F swing between that low and the 56°F high means morning tee times can feel genuinely cold while midday rounds are often reasonable. December logs 12 precip days and January 13, matching March's 12 and May's 13 precip days.
October stands alone as the driest month with just 9 precip days and a 77°F average high that sits squarely in the ideal scoring range. November and March both average 10–12 precip days and highs of 66–69°F, offering comfortable rounds without summer's heat load. April's 76°F high and 11 precip days add a fourth strong option, though it carries the year's peak wind reading of 11.9 mph.
October is the single best month by the numbers: just 9 precip days, a 77°F average high, and winds below 10 mph. The spring window (March–April) comes close, with highs of 69–76°F and similar precip counts, though April carries the year's highest average wind at 11.9 mph.
July averages a 92°F high — the hottest month — and lows only drop to 74°F overnight, so humidity stays high around the clock. June through August all exceed 89°F average highs, and the humidity makes those temperatures feel significantly heavier than the numbers suggest. Early morning tee times are strongly advisable from June onward.
April averages 11 precip days, which is actually the lowest of the spring months (March and May both average 12–13). That said, 11 days with measurable precipitation across a 30-day month means roughly one in three days sees some rain — delays and weather holds during tournament week are not uncommon historically.