January 21st, 1985 ... 19 years ago ...

[Stormsfury]

All time record cold hits the East/Southeast and Deep South ...

January 21st, 1985 Arctic Outbreak

Unbelievable arctic outbreak which sent temperatures below zero in the Deep South, and Southeast including TN, MS, AL, GA, and the Carolinas ... temperatures in the -20º to -30º range in Tennessee, and select cities ...

Record lows ...
Atlanta, GA -8º
Mobile, AL 3º
Charleston, SC 6º
Columbia, SC -1º
Birmingham, AL -3º
Nashville, TN -17º

SF

[Guest]

Ohhhh i remember this outbreak very well....Brrr and white along the MD coast which so happend that temps stayed near 0 for a day or two and had Ocean Effect snow from this. Truely a amazing event.

[Anonymous]

Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just realized something!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IF the Plains gets that BIG BLIZZARD!!!!

IT becomes the 50/50 LOW!!!!

THEN.....................Things begin to ROCK 'N ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The NEG NAO!!! THE GREENLAND BLOCK!!! THE IMMENSE COLD!!!! THE INCREASED STORMINESS!!!! EASTERN CITIES SHUT DOWN FOR WEEKS BY HORRIFIC BLIZZARDS!!!! INCLUDING WOODBRIDGE!!!!


Okay everyone!!! Lets all PRAY for this Plains Blizzard!!!!
Pray that this Plains Blizzard dumps 4 FEET OF SNOW ON THE PLAINS!!!! See, this is what never happened in December!!!! The Plains gets the BIG BLIZZARD, then it becomes the 50/50 LOW!!!! Then things begin to ROCK and ROLL!!!! Then I get my big snow and all the snowy jebwalks I EVER wanted!!!

PRAY HARD FOR 4 FEET OF SNOW IN THE PLAINS!!!!!!!!!

Because if THAT HAPPENS..........We will NEVER forget this winter EVER!!!



-JEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JCT777]

I too recall the cold outbreak of Jan 1985. They closed schools because of the cold!

Jeb - I think your new home should be in Bethel, Alaska. Seems like it snows a lot there!

[GAStorm]

Jan '85 will always stick in my mind as the coldest conditions I have ever experienced anywhere, let alone in GA! We got down to -9 just north of Atlanta, and several locations were below zero in north and central GA.