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Ostrich December

cyclogent said:
Today is the 134 year anniversary of the mother of all early season winter storms in the south.

Snowstorms in the South: An Historical Perspective | Weather Extremes (wunderground.com)
"An early season heavy wet snowstorm hammered all of Alabama and the higher elevations of Georgia and North Carolina December 3-6, 1886 with 12-16” of snowfall in central Alabama (Montgomery had a record 11.0”), 17-20” in the northern parts of Alabama, and up to 25” in northern Georgia (as was measured in Rome). But it was in the mountains of North Carolina that the most extraordinary accumulations were reported with 36-42” at places like Hot House, North Carolina and Ducktown, Tennessee. Asheville, North Carolina reported 33” of snow

Some other cities not listed in that article...
Knoxville -15 inches
Chattanooga - 12 inches
Charlotte - 7 inches
Nashville - 2 inches
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1886 had three major winter events in the region. In January 1886 snow swept across the Southeast. It snowed all the way to Savannah and it was frigid in it's wake, the coldest day in Nashville history followed that storm. In February 1886 a major Tennessee snowstorm hit. 16 inches at Nashville, 18-28 along the Kentucky border. Chattanooga got screwzoned on that one. It's crazy how that much cold and that many big storms used to be able to come to pass in a calendar year.
 
John1122 said:
1886 had three major winter events in the region. In January 1886 snow swept across the Southeast. It snowed all the way to Savannah and it was frigid in it's wake, the coldest day in Nashville history followed that storm. In February 1886 a major Tennessee snowstorm hit. 16 inches at Nashville, 18-28 along the Kentucky border. Chattanooga got screwzoned on that one. It's crazy how that much cold and that many big storms used to be able to come to pass in a calendar year.
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Yeah where lucky to get one every few years nowadays.


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