Oh yeah I remember this and probably ranks pretty high on my weather events list. There is a photo somewhere at my parents of my dad's Ford pickup, with snow on the hood and we wrote April 19 in the snow. I'll search for it this weekend, hopefully it's not lostAnd for another interesting read about an April snowstorm in NC, see this write up about the April 19, 1983 snowstorm / cold snap that dropped 1.8” in Raleigh-Durham and more in the foothills and mountains. I imagine some of you all on here were probably around for this one? I’ve always been surprised it isn’t talked about more given the calendar date it happened on, but I came across this article while trying to find stuff for the whamby thread.
From Snow Cones to Snow Showers: April 1983’s Snow and Freeze - North Carolina State Climate Office
Thirty-three years ago this week amid a warm spring in 1983, an April shower brought a record-setting springtime snow, followed by several days of sub-freezing temperatures that wrecked havoc on the summertime fruit crop. Not unlike our recent winter, the winter of 1982-83 featured a strong El...climate.ncsu.edu
You would never guess that was Georgia. Looks like some place much further north.
Today is the 51th anniversary of the great snow of 1973, the pitcure above is of the area just outside of downtown in Macon, GA following the event. My grandparents measured ten inches of snow that day at their home in Eastman and the entire immediate Middle Georgia area smashed snowfall records that had stood since the last previous large snowfall that had transpired in 1914.
That's true, it certainly was an extremely spectacular event by all accounts that I've heard from those who got to see it. Macon is actually a rather hilly city for a town of it's latitude due to the proximity in relation to the Fall Line. It gets much flatter once you go just south of the city towards Warner Robins.You would never guess that was Georgia. Looks like some place much further north.
I had no idea it was that hilly. Kind of looks like it could be TN or NC. Very nice.That's true, it certainly was an extremely spectacular event by all accounts that I've heard from those who got to see it. Macon is actually a rather hilly city for a town of it's latitude due to the proximity in relation to the Fall Line. It gets much flatter once you go just south of the city towards Warner Robins.
The Florida panhandle is surprisingly hilly, too. It was one of the most surprising aspects of me living there.I had no idea it was that hilly. Kind of looks like it could be TN or NC. Very nice.
What part of Florida P because I’m originally from the Panhandle and I don’t remember any hills. Maybe couple humpsThe Florida panhandle is surprisingly hilly, too. It was one of the most surprising aspects of me living there.
Yeah, as much as I’ve had to travel the I-10 corridor in the Panhandle, I can honestly say, I’ve never seen one hill thereWhat part of Florida P because I’m originally from the Panhandle and I don’t remember any hills. Maybe couple humps
The good old days. It doesn’t snow like it use too ?