Georgia's Climate

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Georgia's Climate
Past, Present and Future

• 8th Grade Georgia Studies

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Georgia Climate Standard

• Add this to Unit 1 Standards (pg. 7
  in your notebook)
• Evaluate (tell the good and bad) the
• impact of climate on Georgias
  development

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vWhat is climate?

• Weather of a region over a long period of
  time
• Influences business, crops, everyday life

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v Georgias position on earth

• Latitude 30-35 N// Longitude
• 81-85 W

Our position means that we experience winter in
December, January and February, and summer in
June, July and August, with transitional seasons
in between, due to the suns position in the sky
relative to earth.
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Earth and sun positions at different seasons
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v Weather

• Day to day conditions changes in atmosphere

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Wind Water Currents
Georgia is located in the Southeast region of the
United States
Both Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Influence GA.
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Landforms and water

• Variations in elevation
• cause changes
• in both temperature and
• precipitation
• The presence of water or mountains
• can affect local climate

Ground fog in low-lying area
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Local conditions

• Vegetation type and land cover can
  also affect climate
• The presence of cities, irrigated land,
  or other human-induced changes can
  affect local conditions, too

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Satellite image shows the variation of land uses
across the state. Dark greenmountain
forests Whitecropland Redcoastal
forests Bright green coastal estuaries
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v Temperature
Influenced by latitude, longitude elevation
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GA. close to the equatormild climate
(good for businesses who want to move
headquarters to Ga.)
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70
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v Temperature
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GA. has 4 distinct seasons Winter, Spring,Fall,
Summer
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50
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Temperature
Statewide monthly temperatures vary smoothly from
January (44.7º F) to July (79.5º F) and lag the
seasonal solar radiation by about a month.
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Temperature Records
Highest temperature was 112º F Louisville 7/24/1
952 Greenville 8/20/1983 Lowest temperature was
17º F CCC Camp F-16 1/27/1940 (in northwest
Georgia)
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v Growing season
Georgias farming economy, which is still
the largest way of making a living in South
Georgia, is greatly impacted by temperatures and
drought.
May 1
Apr 15
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Apr 1
Mar 1
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v Precipitation
The average annual (means yearly) rainfall in
Georgia ranges from 40 52 rain
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50
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Precipitation
The average annual snowfall for most of the state
is less than 3 inches.
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Precipitation
July wettest month Oct./Nov. driest months
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Precipitation Records
24 hour rainfall 21.10 inches Americus 7/5-6/199
4 (Tropical Storm Alberto) Calendar year
precipitation 122.16 inches Flat Top 1959 24
hour snowfall 19.3 inches Cedartown 3/2-3/1942
Seasonal snowfall 39.0 inches Diamond 1894-95
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Natural Hazards
Tornadoes- created when warm, moist, air mixes
with a rapidly moving cold front.
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Natural Hazards
The Gainesville tornado of April 6, 1936, was
one of the countrys deadliest, with 203 killed
and about 1600 injured.
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Natural Hazards
Hurricanes- begin in warm water.
Dark RedStrong Huricane. Red Weak
Hurricane YellowTropical Storm GreenTropical
Depression BlackTropical Low