That's no typo. Atlanta amazingly got 1.5" of snow on 4/25/1910!! This is way, way later in the season than the 2nd latest accumulating snow on record there. Also, their high that day was a mere 39, nearly three weeks later than their second latest on record of a high under 40! Their low was 32, still the latest freeze on record.
WOWWWWWW-WEEEEEEEE
CHILLY WILLY
I WONDER HOW MANY HAD NEVER SEEN SNOW, BEFORE
I LIVED IN FL. IN THE EARLY 70'S & WAS SHOCKED BY THE AMOUNT OF NATIVES THAT HAD NEVER SEEN SNOW
WOW!
That was one of those 1 in 1,000 year type events (for an individual location) that happen from extreme, NATURAL weather variations.
When we have them today, climate change often gets the blame. If its extreme weather, especially heat or precip, climate change is always blamed as a significant factor.
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/94542/
It really boils down to this, once again(Cliff Mass can be counted on as an elite source for using objective, authentic science)
https://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-golden-rule-of-climate-extremes.html
The Golden Rule
Considering the substantial confusion in the media about this critical issue, let me provide the GOLDEN RULE OF CLIMATE EXTREMES. Here it is:
The more extreme a climate or weather record is, the greater the contribution of natural variability.
Or to put it a different way, the larger or more unusual an extreme, the higher proportion of the extreme is due to natural variability.
I WONDER HOW MANY HAD NEVER SEEN SNOW, BEFORE
None had seen snow this late in the season, Jean!
Probably they all had witnessed snows up until March if they were living in Atlanta much of their lives.
And the ones that witnessed this event on April 25, 1910, 123 years ago are all dead...including the infants and since then, nothing even close has happened.
And the day this snow record occurred was over a month after the Spring Solstice, so the high angled sun would have resulted in warm ground temperatures(and probably warm stretches earlier in April) so most of it likely melted pretty fast.
Did this result in it all melt after it hit the concrete/asphalt roads like we would expect today for such a late season snow???
Think 1910!
Those kind of roads didn't exist yet 115 years ago!
https://www.roadsbridges.com/home/article/10583410/the-open-roads-of-america-100-years-in-the-making
Your typical commute in 1906 would have been far different than it is today. For starters, you would not be traveling by automobile unless you were extremely wealthy. Instead, you would have to arrive at your destination by means of railroad, ship, horse and buggy or bicycle. And rather than facing the grueling anguish of gridlock every morning, one commonly dealt with the obstacle of having to retrieve his or her bicycle or wagon from muddy roads and paths.