THE ET CETERA CHRONICLES - HOW LOW DID IT GO?

A list of the days when the temperatures in our area were at five degrees or below:

February 8, 1835  -   -5 degrees (measured at Milledgeville)

February 13, 1899 -   -5 degrees (measured at Dublin)

January 30, 1966  -       5 degrees (measured at Dublin)

January 19, 1977 -        4 degrees (measured at Dublin)

December 25, 1983 -     5 degrees (measured at Dublin)

January 21, 22, 1985  -   o degrees (measured at Dublin)



January 17, 1940 -      -17  degrees  (Calhoun) all time state low.)

January 29, 1986  -      High temperature was 24 degrees, the 

lowest high temperature ever recorded in Dublin. 

January 28th,  on average, is the coldest day of the year.