what are ATL winters like? (Atlanta, Peachtree City: school, calculation, to live in)

[dxiweodwo]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

The airport isn't Downtown...

Are you kidding - 15-20 degrees warmer? There isn't that kind of difference from Atlanta to other cities in the region!

Yeah there is.....I remember several times last winter that it was like 22 in Peachtree City and 40 in Downtown....but that's usually only in the morning. The daytime highs aren't all that different

[matt8325]

Originally Posted by dxiweodwo

Yeah there is.....I remember several times last winter that it was like 22 in Peachtree City and 40 in Downtown....but that's usually only in the morning. The daytime highs aren't all that different

Yes in the morning, sometimes in the afternoon it will be 2-3 degrees cooler away from the city but usually there isnt a big difference during the day.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by dxiweodwo

Yeah there is.....I remember several times last winter that it was like 22 in Peachtree City and 40 in Downtown....but that's usually only in the morning. The daytime highs aren't all that different

I doubt there were "several times" last winter that it was 22 degrees ANYWHERE.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by matt8325

Trust me, there is a 15-20 degree difference on many nights between the suburban and rural areas and the areas ITP including downtown and the airport. I know it was 11 degrees colder at my house last night than it was at the airport and right now it's 10 degrees colder at my house than it is at the airport.

You're wrong. You seem to follow my posts around and negate/try to argue something in every one. Stop it.

[dxiweodwo]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

I doubt there were "several times" last winter that it was 22 degrees ANYWHERE.

I was using that as an example....it was one morning in Late December I think it was.


But, yes.....on a clear, calm night, there can be as much as a 20 degree difference between outlying areas and midtown Atlanta or the Airport.

[south-to-west]

Peachtree City usually has the coldest temps in Metro Atlanta due to topographical reasons. It's very common for Peachtree City to be 5-10 degrees cooler than Intown.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by south-to-west

Peachtree City usually has the coldest temps in Metro Atlanta due to topographical reasons. It's very common for Peachtree City to be 5-10 degrees cooler than Intown.

I can get on board with 5-10 degrees (more like 5), but this claim of 15-20 degrees is simply untrue.

[aries4118]

Originally Posted by south-to-west

Peachtree City usually has the coldest temps in Metro Atlanta due to topographical reasons. It's very common for Peachtree City to be 5-10 degrees cooler than Intown.

Metro Atlanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Y'all, scroll down to Climate and read.

Key words to look for:

shallow valleys
Newnan
Peachtree City
cooling rapidly
clear
calm nights
humidity
microclimate
southwest


Good Luck.

[matt8325]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

I doubt there were "several times" last winter that it was 22 degrees ANYWHERE.

it was below 22 many times where i live, just outside of atlanta.

[matt8325]

Originally Posted by aries4118

Metro Atlanta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Y'all, scroll down to Climate and read.

Key words to look for:

shallow valleys
Newnan
Peachtree City
cooling rapidly
clear
calm nights
humidity
microclimate
southwest


Good Luck.

I read that and it says that Peachtree City and Newnan will be as much as 20 degrees cooler on the 11pm news but will not drop much further, while temps in the city will continue to drop. That's not true. I live near Newnan and trust me the temps continue to drop after 11pm. A difference of 20 degrees between the city and suburban/rural areas isnt an every night occurance. A difference of 10 degrees is much more common, but there will be 15 nights or so a winter when there's a 15-20 degree difference at night. The biggest temperature difference I've ever seen was when it was 44 in Atlanta and 22 in Newnan, but that was a rare occurance.