The annual climate summary for the US is now available and shows that for the Southeast as a whole as well as the states of Georgia and North Carolina, 2019 was the warmest year on record. Other states in the Southeast were in the top three warmest. Precipitation was in the middle third of all years, with some areas quite wet and others dry. You can see the ranking maps at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/us-maps/12/201912#us-maps-select and read more about it at Weather Underground here.
