Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 26 min6:24 am – 8:51 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 53 min7:37 am – 5:30 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 89°F, lows 67°FColdest month January: highs 51°F, lows 31°F56 in of rain a year, on about 87 dayswettest month January1 in of snow a year, on about 0 days32 days above 90°F, 67 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Cumming 2n station, 9 mi away
Parks and public landsSugar Hill Greenspacepark · 1.5 miBuford Greenspacepark · 1.7 miSettles Bridge (State Of Ga Dnr Own)state recreation area · 4.6 mi · 54 acresSidney Lanier Recreation Arearecreation area · 4.7 mi · 56,718 acresScott Hudgens Parkstate park · 11.7 mi · 54 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation Areanational recreation area · 16.3 mi · 5,036 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively HighGwinnett County, GA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsLightning Very HighHail Relatively HighTornado Relatively HighRiver flooding Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality58% of days had good air in 2025211 of 362 days measured151 moderate daysMedian index 47, worst day 92main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, Gwinnett County monitors, GA
Drinking waterGwinnett Co. Dept. of Water Resourcesserves 975,000 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation1,086 ft331 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalNorthside Hospital Forsyth7.4 miPost officeBuford Post Office2.1 miTown hallSugar Hill City Hall2.0 miPoliceGwinnett County Police Department North Precinct5.5 miFire stationGwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services Station 142.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportDeKalb Peachtree Airport PDK24 miMajor airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATL42 miInterstateI-9853.0 miUS highwayUS 232.7 miAmtrakGainesville, GA GNS16 miCoachGainesville ShellGreyhound16 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 30515 ZIP area.
