Winter Weather, Dade
- When
- March 8, 6:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dade forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.855, -85.504 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A deep upper trough was sweeping through the eastern U.S. on the 8th. An Arctic cold front accompanied the upper trough allowing unseasonably cold air to filtering into the southeast U.S. Warp around moisture accompanying the upper trough resulted in light snow developing across north Georgia during the morning hours. Strong winds combined with the snow and cold temperatures to result in unseasonably winter-like conditions for March.
Snowfall amounts were light and generally less than 1 inch. A few spots in north Georgia did record up to 2 inches of snow, with 2.5 inches of snow the maximum report from a mountain top in Fannin county. The majority of the snowfall amounts reported were only a trace. Roads remained ice free as ground and surface temperatures remain just above freezing throughout the event.
Snowfall amounts more than a trace were as follows, Dade - 1.30 inches, Dawson - 1.50 inches, Fannin - 2.50 inches, Floyd - 0.20 inch, Gilmer - 1.75 inches, Murray - 1.50 inches, Towns - 0.50 inch, and Union - 1.00 inch. Trace amounts were observed in several of the remaining north Georgia counties, generally north of a line from Carrollton, to Atlanta, to Gainesville.