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Originally Posted by sprtsluvr8
You must know that you can't compare temperatures on one single day in order to compare climates...that's absurd. You have to compare months or years worth of days to get a correct reading.
Spring, Summer, and Fall weather in Atlanta lasts from late February through mid-November. That doesn't mean there are never below-freezing temperatures in March or November, but the majority of those days are nice and warm, just like about half the days in December and January. With a few exceptions, you can wear shorts/t-shirts out of the gym to go home in with no problem for the entire year in Atlanta.
Ice storms are not common in Atlanta. They happen, but are quite uncommon.
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Absurd is reading more into my post than is there. I'm not talking about climate overall. I dont know how old you are or how long you've been in this area but I've lived here 25 years just outside Athens. We don't get much snow, particularly in the last four or five years. This last few years has been the least amount of snow I can remember.
But in no way are ice storms "uncommon"...but are in fact "common" to this area. I guess it depends on your definition of "common" but once a year is often enough in my book to be labeled common. We had one last year, the year before that, the year before that. We've had more than one per year several times in the last 25 years. They aren't always the major tree snapping kind but ice is ice. Last years was lame. The year before that we had the kind that you can hear limbs crashing in the woods.
I agree winters are much milder here overall than they are even as far south as Tennessee, particularly in the mountains of East Tennessee where they get huge snows.
My point (again) is that if you are looking to escape cold and ice and snow, northern Georgia isn't quite far enough south.