National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Snow in Georgia
March 1, 2009

On Sunday, March 1st, precipitation wrapping around a low pressure system which tracked across Georgia from south of Columbus to near Athens, brought a swath of snowfall across portions of north and central Georgia. Here are some of the photos that have been sent into the Peachtree City office.


Pictures from Lake Horton in Fayette County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Kent Frantz.
[ Snow in Lake Horton. ]
Snow in Lake Horton.
[ Snow in Lake Horton. ]
Snow in Lake Horton.
[ Snow in Lake Horton. ]
Snow in Lake Horton.

Pictures from Athens in Clark County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Brian Evans and Sharon Pinion.
[ Snow in Sanford Stadium. ]
Snow in Sanford Stadium.
[ Snow in downtown Athens. ]
Snow in downtown Athens.
[ Snow in Athens. ]
Snow in Athens.

Pictures from Muscogee County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Kurt Schmitz (WTVM-TV), Steven P. Wilson and Freeman Worley.
[ Snow in Columbus. ]
Snow in Columbus.
[ Heavy snow along Muscogee/Harris county line. ]
Heavy snow along Muscogee/Harris county line.
[ Snow in Columbus. ]
Snow in Columbus.

Pictures from Dekalb County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Rod Barlow & an anonymous source.
[ Snow in on Drexel Ave. ]
Snowfall on Drexel Ave.
[ Snowfall in western Dekalb County. ]
Snowfall in western Dekalb County.

Pictures from Jackson County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Earl Cormine, an anonymous sender and Shannan Trammell.
[ Snow in Hoshcton. ]
Snow in Hoshcton.
[ Snow in Jefferson. ]
Snow in Jefferson.
[ Snow in Commerce. ]
Snow in Commerce.

Pictures from Bibb County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Mike Estime & Lamar Helton.
[ Snow in Macon. ]
Snow in Macon.
[ Snow in northen Bibb county. ]
Snow in northern Bibb county.

Pictures from Monroe County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Johanna Wessells.
[ Snowman in Forsyth. ]
Snowman in Forsyth.
[ Snow in Forsyth. ]
snow in Forsyth.

Pictures from Barrow County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of David Hubbard.
[ Snow collapses greenhouse in Statham. ]
Snow collapses greenhouse in Statham.
[ 8 foot snowman in Statham. ]
8 foot snowman in Statham.

Pictures from Coweta County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Mike & Shawna and David Carr.
[ Snow in Newnan. ]
Snow in Newnan.
[ Snow in Sharpsburg. ]
Snow in Sharpsburg.

Pictures from Fayette County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Rita Shepard Burnat.
[ Snow in Peachtree City. ]
Snow in Peachtree City.
[ Snow in Peachtree City. ]
Snow in Peachtree City.

Pictures from Harris County. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Ed Quinn.
[ Snow in Cataula. ]
Snow in Cataula.
[ Snow in Cataula. ]
Snow in Cataula.

Pictures from Spalding, Newton and Oconee counties. ( click images to enlarge )
Photos courtesy of Carl Froehbrodt, Doug Blanks and Mark Eiteman.
[ Snow in Griffin. ]
Snow in Griffin.
[ Snow in southern Newton county. ]
Snow in southern Newton county
[ Snow in Oconee county. ]
Snow in Oconee county