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brent6969 · 09-26-2011, 07:00 AM

To the op, believe me you will need winter weather clothing. The winter in Atlanta is great, simply because we don't have continuously brutal weather. This is what makes it exciting. It can get to the 60's not very often, and we have been as low a -12 in January of 1985. The Fall is my favorite with cobalt blue skies and temps in the 70's and NO humidity in late September, to the 40's or 50's in late November, and lows in the 40's actually this coming this weekend, dropping gradually in to the 30's and maybe mid 20's by Thanksgiving. It snowed on Christmas day last year, 3" at my house. You will love it.

rcsteiner · 09-26-2011, 10:06 AM

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i can't understand how people can say there is winter here when you have 28F at night and 64 at 1pm... in january. This is not winter.

Low of 43 for the day isn't winter.

Winter is where you have snow on the ground and it doesnt melt for at least a week, at a time.

If you will remember, we had that situation last year as well as the year before.

It's only a taste of winter, and certainly not something which lasts for many weeks, but it's more than you'll ever find in places like southern Florida, and even those small cold snaps have been enough for some of those south Floridans to move back where they came from.

MarketingGuy · 09-26-2011, 12:26 PM

Sounds better than here. We're lucky to have a dozen 40 degree days in a season.

DONNIEANDDONNA417 · 09-26-2011, 01:30 PM

atlanta definitely has 4 seasons However I hate the summer. Its like a big oven outside..even at night and its lingers on and on. Seems like summer would never end. But the fall, winter, and spring are the best times in atlanta

lorilove · 09-26-2011, 02:26 PM

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atlanta definitely has 4 seasons However I hate the summer. Its like a big oven outside..even at night and its lingers on and on. Seems like summer would never end. But the fall, winter, and spring are the best times in atlanta

Summer is not going to be any worse than Tampa where the op is coming from. Although we don't get any breeze you might from the ocean.

Also, be prepared to have total withdrawls from being near the water. I don't necessarily need the ocean but I so miss just driving by a lake on occasion. Here you have to make it a destination trip to see water.

MarketingGuy · 09-26-2011, 02:29 PM

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Summer is not going to be any worse than Tampa where the op is coming from. Although we don't get any breeze you might from the ocean.

This is very true. I've been taking some of the summer remarks from replies with a grain, given I'm in Tampa. Only place in the US worse is Hawaii. Example, today was 94 with 80 degree dewpoint. Atlanta was 84 degrees with a 65 degree dewpoint. Low tonight for me is 75. You? 61..

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Also, be prepared to have total withdrawls from being near the water. I don't necessarily need the ocean but I so miss just driving by a lake on occasion. Here you have to make it a destination trip to see water.

Any larger lakes anywhere? I'm not very attached to the water. My 15 month old, however, loves it.

George Chong · 09-26-2011, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MarketingGuy

Any larger lakes anywhere? I'm not very attached to the water. My 15 month old, however, loves it.

Georgia Lakeside Resort: Lake Lanier Islands Resort in Georgia

http://www.allatoonalake.org/

Not a lake but your child might like the nature center. http://chattnaturecenter.org/

mrpanda · 09-26-2011, 05:31 PM

One thing I like about Atlanta is that there are no seasons that are so extreme and intrusive. I am sure that Phoenix, Dallas, and Vegas summers are just unbearable compared to Atlanta. The winter in Chicago sucks.. you are in a bad mood because your face is frozen from being outside.

As long as the weather is nice 75% of the time like Atlanta... What more can you ask for in terms of weather. I think i will also enjoy Atlanta's winter over its summer. Chicago's summer can get extreme and humid like Atlanta, but Atlanta's summers seem to be consistently in the 90s range.

Next to southern california weather.. I think the weather in Atlanta is definitely up there. If you are coming from the north (NY, Ohio, Virginia, Chicago, etc), Atlanta's weather is an upgrade. If you are moving here from Southern California, Atlanta's weather is a down grade.

lorilove · 09-26-2011, 05:57 PM

My favorite thing about Atlanta's winter season is that it is just long enough that you feel like you got a winter but short enough that it is gone before you get sick and tired of it.

rcsteiner · 09-26-2011, 07:01 PM

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My favorite thing about Atlanta's winter season is that it is just long enough that you feel like you got a winter but short enough that it is gone before you get sick and tired of it.

Yup. It's (just barely) enough to reset my yearly clock.

Last time I went back to visit parents in January it was -16F in the early morning when I was driving back, and I do miss that. But not as much as I thought.