The first big push of cold air occurred on October 28 behind a strong, but dry cold front. This resulted in temperatures falling into the lower to middle 30s across nearly all of northern and central Georgia. A few locations saw upper 20s...including Calhoun... and Peachtree City. The southernmost station to report a freeze was Plains in Sumter County. This outbreak of cold air settled over the area for several days. By the morning of the 30th... many locations (but not all) had recorded their first freeze for this season...including Rome...Athens...Columbus and Macon.

The next big push of cold air occurred in the middle of November. The jet stream plunged southward and stayed in that configuration for several days. This produced a series of cold fronts that ushered cold Canadian air all the way to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. This pattern resulted in the first Autumn freeze at the official reporting site in Atlanta...as the mercury bottomed out in the teens and 20s across all of northern and central Georgia.

In mid-January a large arctic airmass engulfed much of the eastern half of the nation. In Georgia, this blast of cold air sent temperatures down into the single digits at some locations.

In during the first week of February the jetstream made a sharp dive south over the eastern part of the country. This drove an airmass as cold as the one in mid-January down into Georgia, and dropped temperatures down into the teens across all of central Georgia. Even Florida was affected by this episode with temperatures dipping below freezing all the way down into the central part of the state.

The map below shows the lowest reported temperatures so far this season. Moving your mouse curser over the map will give you station names and the dates of occurrence.

A more complete list of stations and data is available.

See the average dates of first autumn freeze.

Coldest temperatures from previous years:

• Winter 2007-2008 | Winter 2006-2007 | Winter 2005-2006 | Winter 2004-2005 | Winter 2003-2004 | Winter 2002-2003 | Winter 2001-2002

Coldest Reported Temperatures
Autumn / Winter 2008 - 2009

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