Frost/Freeze — Calhoun, Georgia

2017-03-16 · Calhoun, Georgia

Wider weather episode

A late season freeze occurred across the tri-state area on the morning of March 16th. Across Georgia, as much as 80 percent of the blueberry crop was lost. The annual blueberry farm value is over $255 million, so the loss is estimated at 80 percent of that, or around $204 million. However, economic losses could be higher than that.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 680100. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.