Georgia's one-day snow record is more than 30 years old
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As winter storms bring snow and ice to wide swaths of the U.S. this week, including north Georgia, it's worth a look back to see when your area set its all-time snowfall record.
How it works: NOAA captures snowfall maximums from each county, along with the exact measurement location.
- Some locations shown as "no snow" in the map above may have had snow at some point, but to be included, the county data needed to show more than a trace amount.
Driving the news: As expected, counties in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains saw the most snowfall.
Stunning stat: Mountainous Murray County in northwest Georgia holds the state record for the largest amount of snowfall in a single day, with 20 inches on March 14, 1993.
The intrigue: A February 1973 snowstorm set recorded snowfall levels records in Middle Georgia counties that rivaled levels in northern areas and which still stand today.