Friday morning temperatures dropped to 30 degrees at the Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Meanwhile, temperatures were as low as 19 degrees in Blairsville, and 25 degrees in Alpharetta!

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City reports that these cold temperatures have effectively ended the growing season for Metro Atlanta and North Georgia. The Public Information Statement below states that the “Frost/Freeze Program has ended for the Fall 2022 season,” and the Spring Frost/Freeze Season will begin on March 15. As a result, no further Freeze Warnings will be issued until March.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA

833 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2022

...NWS PEACHTREE CITY FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM HAS ENDED FOR THE FALL

2022 SEASON...

THE FALL 2022 FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM HAS ENDED THROUGHOUT THE NWS

PEACHTREE CITY FORECAST AREA OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE

PROGRAM AT NWS PEACHTREE CITY IS TRADITIONALLY IN EFFECT UNTIL THE

AREA HAS OBSERVED A HARD FREEZE (28 DEGREES) OR UNTIL NOVEMBER

20TH, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. DUE TO THIS MORNING'S LOW

TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA, AND IN

COLLABORATION WITH STATE OFFICIALS, FROST AND FREEZE WATCH,

WARNING, AND ADVISORY PRODUCTS WILL NO LONGER BE ISSUED FOR THE

REMAINDER OF THE FALL SEASON.

THE SPRING FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN ON MARCH 15TH, FOR ALL

BUT THE FOLLOWING EIGHT NORTHEAST GEORGIA COUNTIES: FANNIN, UNION,

TOWNS, WHITE, LUMPKIN, DAWSON, PICKENS, AND GILMER. FOR THESE

COUNTIES, THE SPRING FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM WILL BEGIN ON APRIL

15TH.

THE FROST/FREEZE PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR AGRICULTURAL

INTERESTS, AND THESE DATES HAVE BEEN COORDINATED WITH OUR

AGRICULTURAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

DEPARTMENT OF CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION DEVISION OF THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL

RESOURCES.

However, more freezing cold weather is in the forecast this weekend! Morning lows will remain in the upper 20s to low 30s both Saturday and Sunday. Another Arctic Blast will arrive Sunday afternoon, sending temperatures plummeting into the mid to upper 20s again Monday morning.

Plenty of sunshine will be around this weekend, however the northwest wind will continue to pull cold air into Metro Atlanta. As a result, afternoon highs will remain in the upper 40s to low 50s through the middle of next week.

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