Atlanta - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year
Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Atlanta, Georgia. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Atlanta got more than half a foot of snow in a single day?
This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Atlanta and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.
These extremes were measured at Atlanta's Hartsfield—Jackson International Airport and go back to 1930, with a few years missing data. During then, the record amount of snow to fall in one day at Atlanta is 8.3 inches (21.1 centimetres) on January 23, 1940.
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | December 31, 2023 + | 0.0 |
| – | 2022 | – |
| trace | April 24, 2021 + | trace |
| trace | December 24, 2020 + | trace |
| 0.0 | December 31, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 2.3 | January 17, 2018 | 5.8 |
| 1.5 | December 09, 2017 | 3.8 |
| 0.2 | January 22, 2016 | 0.5 |
| trace | March 06, 2015 + | trace |
| 2.6 | January 28, 2014 | 6.6 |
| 0.4 | November 27, 2013 | 1.0 |
| trace | December 29, 2012 + | trace |
| 3.7 | January 09, 2011 | 9.4 |
| 3.6 | February 12, 2010 | 9.1 |
| Inches | Date | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | January 19, 2008 | 2.5 |
| 0.1 | February 01, 2007 | 0.3 |
| trace | February 19, 2006 + | trace |
| – | 2005 | – |
| – | 2004 | – |
| – | 2003 | – |
| – | 2002 | – |
| – | 2001 | – |
| – | 2000 | – |
| – | 1999 | – |
| – | 1998 | – |
| – | 1997 | – |
| – | 1996 | – |
| 0.3 | February 06, 1995 | 0.8 |
| trace | January 15, 1994 + | trace |
| 4.2 | March 13, 1993 | 10.7 |
| 5.0 | January 18, 1992 | 12.7 |
| 2.1 | January 24, 1991 | 5.3 |
| trace | April 10, 1990 | trace |
| 1.1 | December 09, 1989 | 2.8 |
| 4.2 | January 07, 1988 | 10.7 |
| 3.6 | January 22, 1987 | 9.1 |
| 0.4 | January 27, 1986 | 1.0 |
| 0.8 | February 11, 1985 | 2.0 |
| 1.0 | February 05, 1984 | 2.5 |
| 7.9 | March 24, 1983 | 20.1 |
| 4.0 | January 12, 1982 | 10.2 |
| trace | December 21, 1981 + | trace |
| 2.7 | March 02, 1980 | 6.9 |
| 4.0 | February 18, 1979 | 10.2 |
| 0.3 | February 21, 1978 | 0.8 |
| 1.0 | January 31, 1977 | 2.5 |
| trace | March 14, 1976 + | trace |
| 0.6 | November 23, 1975 | 1.5 |
| trace | December 17, 1974 + | trace |
| 1.0 | January 07, 1973 | 2.5 |
| trace | March 25, 1972 + | trace |
| 1.0 | December 03, 1971 + | 2.5 |
| 0.3 | January 23, 1970 | 0.8 |
| 0.8 | February 16, 1969 | 2.0 |
| 2.3 | February 29, 1968 | 5.8 |
| 2.0 | February 09, 1967 | 5.1 |
| 0.3 | January 25, 1966 | 0.8 |
| 2.4 | January 16, 1965 | 6.1 |
| 0.8 | January 13, 1964 | 2.0 |
| 2.2 | December 31, 1963 | 5.6 |
| 3.5 | January 09, 1962 | 8.9 |
| 1.0 | December 31, 1961 | 2.5 |
| 4.0 | March 11, 1960 | 10.2 |
| trace | December 07, 1959 + | trace |
| 2.7 | February 15, 1958 | 6.9 |
| trace | December 11, 1957 + | trace |
| trace | December 29, 1956 + | trace |
| trace | June 07, 1955 + | trace |
| 0.1 | December 19, 1954 | 0.3 |
| 1.3 | January 10, 1953 | 3.3 |
| 3.9 | February 26, 1952 | 9.9 |
| trace | December 20, 1951 + | trace |
| trace | December 14, 1950 + | trace |
| trace | May 24, 1949 + | trace |
| 0.9 | January 17, 1948 | 2.3 |
| trace | March 03, 1947 + | trace |
| 0.1 | January 16, 1946 | 0.3 |
| 0.5 | December 18, 1945 | 1.3 |
| trace | December 14, 1944 + | trace |
| 0.4 | March 05, 1943 | 1.0 |
| 3.7 | March 02, 1942 | 9.4 |
| trace | November 08, 1941 + | trace |
| 8.3 | January 23, 1940 | 21.1 |
| trace | December 29, 1939 | trace |
| 0.2 | January 14, 1938 | 0.5 |
| 0.7 | December 08, 1937 | 1.8 |
| 6.0 | January 30, 1936 | 15.2 |
| 0.4 | January 23, 1935 | 1.0 |
| 4.0 | February 10, 1934 | 10.2 |
| trace | March 21, 1933 + | trace |
| 0.3 | March 09, 1932 | 0.8 |
| 0.1 | January 14, 1931 | 0.3 |
| 2.0 | January 29, 1930 | 5.1 |
Reference
Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.