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Extreme Cold Watch, Georgia

Severe

Wind chills as low as 7 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 5 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.

Ended Friday, January 30, 2026.

Replaced by the Extreme Cold Warning on Friday, January 30, 11:37 in the morning.

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How much

Wind chill
As low as 7 below zero

Map

Map of Georgia with this watch The Extreme Cold Watch covers Toccoa, Elberton, Cornelia. I-185I-26I-85I-985I-285ToccoaElbertonCorneliaHartwellNORTH CAROLINASOUTH CAROLINAGEORGIA20 mi I-185I-26I-85I-985ToccoaElbertonCorneliaHartwellNORTH CAROLINASOUTH CAROLINAGEORGIA20 mi I-185I-85I-985ToccoaElbertonCorneliaNORTH CAROLINASOUTH CAROLINAGEORGIA20 mi I-185I-985ToccoaElbertonNORTH CAROLINAGEORGIA50 mi
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Details from the National Weather Service

What
Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 7 below possible.
Where
Northeast Georgia, the foothills and Piedmont of North Carolina, and Upstate South Carolina.
When
From Saturday evening through Sunday morning.
Impacts
The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 5 below zero could result in hypothermia or frostbite if precautions are not taken.

Updates

  1. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 30, 2026
  2. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 29, 2026
  3. Extreme Cold Watch issued for Saturday evening through Sunday morning. January 29, 2026