Today is the 50th anniversary of the latest major winter storm on record for the Atlanta area, a major ZR that hit most of the ATL area on 3/25/1971 even though the airport (southside) missed most all of it due to only making it down to 32 for a short period with it mainly 33 there during the rain:
1971-03-25 | 41 | 32 | 36.5 | -20.1 | 28 | 0 | 2.10 | T |
Most of the ATL area further north as well as Athens were hit much harder with many hours of 32 during the rain. Further NE, there was heavy snow in much of NE GA that extended into 3/26.
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From:
Weather on This Date (northgeorgiawx.com)
"March 26, 1971
Parts of northern and central Georgia experienced their worst snow and ice storm since 1935. Two day power outages ruined two million eggs at poultry hatches. Two persons were killed when a tree landed on their car. (25th-26th) (The Weather Channel)"