Cold/Wind Chill, South Fulton
- When
- March 12, 6:55 AM EST
- Where
- South Fulton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.790, -84.467 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Georgia, March 12, 1998
The coldest air of the 1997-1998 winter set new record low temperatures of 19 degrees at Hartsfield airport in Atlanta and 20 degrees at Ben-Epps airport in Athens.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
The coldest air of the 1997-1998 winter set new record low temperatures of 19 degrees at Hartsfield airport in Atlanta and 20 degrees at Ben-Epps airport in Athens.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Clarke
- When
- March 12, 6:55 AM EST
- Where
- Clarke forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.951, -83.367 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5633413, 5633414.