If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas in metro Atlanta, you will be dreaming for a long time — but maybe not forever!
According to the National Weather Service, the last time the city got any measurable snow on Christmas Day was in 2010, the first time in over 100 years. Before then, the Peach State hadn’t seen snow on Dec. 25 since at least 1881. (Record-keeping in Atlanta dates back to 1878.)
Just over an inch of snow fell at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in 2010. Not only did it snow in metro Atlanta, but it snowed up to a half-inch from Columbus to Macon. The heaviest snowfall was recorded in the northern mountains, where between 4 inches and 8 inches were recorded.
Photo Vault: Remember when Atlanta had a white Christmas?
Fourteen years ago may have been the last time we got any Christmas snow, but it’s hardly the last time the holiday has been ridiculously cold in the ATL. The record low temperature for Dec. 25? Zero degrees in 1983…