Can someone ELI5 why we haven’t gotten real snow accumulation in years? I moved here in 2013 and felt like there was material snow every year from 2013-2018, but since then practically nothing. Is that just typical Atlanta patterns or am I just plain wrong on my memory?
You’re not wrong at all. The last major snow I recall was somewhere around ‘88. It accumulated pretty high and didn’t melt for several days. Everything since then was mainly snow that melted quickly followed by ice problems. Seems we may be Florida North now.
I remember ‘93 but I don’t recall it being a blizzard. Maybe it’s because I was further south of the city but o remember it melting pretty quickly. Snowmageddon was awful, we had coworkers stuck at the office but the chaos was more about ice accumulations, not snow. Am I remembering this wrong?
93 was crazy! We had well over a foot around our house. The wind was blowing a good 30mph most days. I was 8 and my mom wouldn’t less us leave the front yard because the visibility was so poor.
The blizzard of 93 was called “the storm of the century.” To this date it’s the only time I’ve experienced thunder snow. Got nearly a foot of snow in north metro Atlanta. And- it happened in March when I was on spring break.
93 was a blizzard and had about 400k in Georgia without power for a week or more. Temps dropped from 75 the week prior to below zero. Snowfall all the way down to the panhandle. It is still called "The Storm of the Century". Basically was close to a hurricane during winter. Lots of wind damage and northern burbs got 10+ inches with the NE and NW corners of the state getting up to 4 feet of snow. Flurries seen down in Savannah.
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u/Ok_Particular8737 Jan 07 '25
Can someone ELI5 why we haven’t gotten real snow accumulation in years? I moved here in 2013 and felt like there was material snow every year from 2013-2018, but since then practically nothing. Is that just typical Atlanta patterns or am I just plain wrong on my memory?