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Dahlonega Weather Cold January Start…9th Coldest on Record

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