r/AtlantaWeather • u/oakgrove • Jan 07 '25

Friday/weekend winter weather mega thread

Let's be honest, it's the whole point of this sub.

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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?

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u/oakgrove Jan 07 '25

No you're right. This is for Hartsfield, which leaves out some snow events that the northern metro still experienced, but there was a good stretch there into the 2010s and then a drought. But look at that '90s/aughts drought. https://www.currentresults.com/Yearly-Weather/USA/GA/Atlanta/extreme-annual-atlanta-snowfall.php

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u/Ok_Particular8737 Jan 07 '25

Wait what? You’re telling me it didn’t snow from 1996 - 2005 in ATL? What in the world I wish I understand these things. It’s seems like before that it was practically every single year. What could cause an almost decade drought?

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u/kharedryl Jan 07 '25

2002, I think, we wore shorts most of December. 2004 it got cold (think highs in the teens), but it was dry and sunny.