Access Atlanta > The Newcomer > Archives > 2008 > October > 30
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Brrr…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I had this twisted mental vision that I’d moved to a place where its 70 and sunny always, except for a few steamy summer months.
Wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
I know I’m not the only one digging in to the AJC’s supply of hot chocolate. This is cold.
The good news: I just talked to the National Weather Service, and they said all the things I wanted to hear.
This cold? This 30-degree-trudge-to-work-through-bike-blowing-gusts cold?Not normal! At least not for now.
Meteorologist Brian Lynn told me this is much closer to what you experience in a Georgia January, and by the end of the week, we’ll see highs back in the 60s.
And the better news: January is our coldest month, so this is just about as cold as it gets!
Sure, Lynn admits, it’s not impossible to get some of those record-breaking single-digit chills here. He moved to Georgia (from Alaska!) in 1989, and has witnessed it a few times, but it’s not the norm.
I grew up in Michigan — I don’t even know want to know where their thermostats are right now — but I’ve lost the rectitude required for cold temperatures.
But wow, am I glad I didn’t toss all those sweaters.
What are your winter memories in Georgia? How cold does it get?
And if you’re new here and wondering what other weather to expect, well, check out posts on hurricane, drought, smog and — yes, something nice — fall.
Permalink | Comments (4) | Post your comment | Categories: Weather
.JPG)
-1.JPG)
Services »
