Drizzle Snizzle
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Have you ever had a year where you didn’t have any frozen precip at all by the end of December ?
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Pattern December 2023
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Brent
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One of the warmest Decembers on record here for sure and no snow officially will be recorded either. Yeah I see a lot of potential in January but just saying ?
And interestingly there's been some big snow years where it didn't snow til January either
And interestingly there's been some big snow years where it didn't snow til January either
olhausen
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Oh yeah at least half the winters since I’ve lived here in 2006 I’ve gone past December without any frozen. Most of those were in the first 7-8 years though. The last 8 or so years I’ve had multiple Novembers and Aprils with minor accumulating snow. Here’s the November and April snows I’ve had since 2018.
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WSW
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Really nice!!
NoSnowATL
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packfan98
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Another mega frost this morning.
They stay winning 
NoSnowATL
Member
I will be there around this time next year. Last time I was in Sugar I was 15 years old.
NCSNOW
Member
2023 has without a doubt been the most boring, 0 thrill of my weather infatuation life span. 2024 could only tie it at worst lol. 0 snow accum entire calendar year is the major contributing factor. So long 2023!!!
Brent
Member
It really just hit me that it never really snowed this year here. Yikes
The biggest event was by far the Father's Day derecho
Otherwise it was heat and more heat
If not for the 15 minute sleet shower that I got Friday afternoon, I would have gone the entire calendar year without any winter precip. That didn’t even happen in the horrendously bad early 90s.
When did you have a trace of snow?
9:15 AM Friday morning when that first bout of precip came through.
severestorm
Member
Dec Temp summary. Praying for a cooler January
Max: 71.2
Min: 22.8
Avg: 45.3 (+2)
Rain: 7.15
Snow: zilch
December felt pretty average here and according to my PWS it was about +2 (but it tends to always run a tad warm on bright sunny days) and according to map posted above only +1 imby. Either way, could've been better could've been much worse.
Min: 22.8
Avg: 45.3 (+2)
Rain: 7.15
Snow: zilch
December felt pretty average here and according to my PWS it was about +2 (but it tends to always run a tad warm on bright sunny days) and according to map posted above only +1 imby. Either way, could've been better could've been much worse.
SnowNiner
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I really don't have any complaints about December. Overall it felt pretty normal IMBY. I don't really expect snow in December so it was fine by me. It didn't torch, generally 20/30s for lows, 50/low 60s occasional highs. Solid start to the winter. ??
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That 3 above in Atlanta is UHI driven for sure. It's surrounded by 1 and 2 above which is really close to average. December felt like a very typical December of my youth.
While the point of that map is certainly accurate, the numbers are skewed up because of the stations that they are using. Locally, KPDK was +1.8, Fulton County was +1.5, Dallas, GA was +1, and Gainesville was +2.
So basically that map is not all that accurate for our area.
severestorm
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Gainesville airport seems warmer than it should be a lot of times also. It's been that way for 20 years. Not sure why because it's not the UHI.
Well some of it is definitely due to overall global warming, but I would attribute some to UHI. Hall County has been engulfed by the Atlanta megalopolis and tripled in population during that time, so I would definitely attribute a fraction to that alone.
Many times Gainesville is warmer than the Atlanta airport. The only time that should be the case sometimes is when there's winds coming off the mountains and warming the area which does happen.
Gainesville honestly mirrors my weather station almost exactly, and I've shown on here what my station does on radiational cooling situations. The temp drops rapidly at sunset until around 10PM, then fluctuates up and down until around 6, then drops a few degrees. This temp fluctuation is like clockwork on calm nights. I think it has to do with topography, and Gainesville sits on the ridge that basically follows I-985 from SW to NE, which is about 400' higher then areas southeast. The other caveat is Lake Lanier, but its been there since the 1960s. This is me only speculating based on what the readings are at my location. There are places less then two miles form me 150' lower that can be as much as 5-7 degrees colder then me at night.
Max: 70.0
Min: 18.3
Avg: 44.4
Rain: 2.18
Snow: T
Min: 18.3
Avg: 44.4
Rain: 2.18
Snow: T
Yeah that's a lot of truth right there I would say. I know one thing's for sure if there's a cad I'd rather be in Gainesville than anywhere else in the area.
100%
Yep. I've been dry slotted nearly every time.
olhausen
Member
December review: Five degrees above average with one of the stronger December tornado outbreaks in the mid states recorded history’s. Not a flake of snow yet but for some reason December didn’t feel nearly as bad as the numbers show temp wise. Prayers up for those who lost their lives and property during that very scary and kind of unexpected day.