According to records archived by the National Climatic Data Center, Georgia has never experienced a drier August to July period than the one between August 2001 through July 2002.

Although that time frame was the driest for the state as a whole, it was not quite the "driest on record" for 4 major cities in northern and central sections of Georgia. Rankings and rainfall totals for Atlanta, Athens, Columbus, and Macon are shown in the table below.

Additional Data
Soil Moisture Anomaly
Surface Water Resources
Crop Moisture Index
local drought resources
rainfall resource page
A dry November 2001