Well if you think this January has been cold so far…you are correct. I decided to look up some stats to see how the first 17 days of January 2018 stack up against the Dahlonega Weather database.
Here are our stats and rankings:
Avg High: 39.7 (7th Coldest…1918, 1970, 1893, 1977, 1912, 1968)
Avg Low: 22.2 (11th Coldest…17.9 in 1970 is the record)
Avg Temp: 31.3 (9th Coldest…27.6 in 1918 is the record)
Lows below 20: 10 (Tied for 2nd most…2010 is the record at 11)
Lows below 32: 14 (Tied for 9th most…17 in 1981 is the record)
Highs below 32: 4 (Tied the record of 4 that’s happened 5 other years…1918, 1970, 1912, 1978, 1968)
So this has not been normal cold by any means. Good news a warming trend starts tomorrow and should last a week or so. I’m ready.
Jason