Frost/Freeze in Quitman, Georgia

Frost/Freeze March 16, 2017 · Quitman, Georgia

$7.8M

Crop damage

The wider storm

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 680114. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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