Will Georgia see more snow next week? According to Listemaa, it is way too early to say whether it will snow or not, as of Monday, Jan. 13. Is the polar vortex hitting Georgia?

The polar vortex is expected to push frigid winds across swathes of the U.S. in January. A woman walks her dog through snow in Forsyth Park on January 4, 2018 in Savannah, Georgia.

North and central Georgia are set for freezing temperatures in January, as shown on a map, due to a polar vortex forecast to push frigid winds across the country. Why It Matters.

Though this feature is bringing some strong cold to other areas across the U.S., here in central Georgia, the polar vortex has been dropping temperatures just below average.

The Polar Vortex is a circulation of very cold, ... If we were to see moisture entering north Georgia at the end of the week, it could mean a run-in with winter weather.

Editor's Note for Sat. Jan. 18: A polar vortex is set to impact much of the US. Click here for the latest update. A polar vortex is forecasted to blanket most of the continental United States in ...

During the 2014 January polar vortex, more than 20 people across the country died from the cold as places like Georgia — which rarely see serious cold — dealt with lows under 10 degrees ...

The polar vortex is to blame. The United States has been at the epicenter of the planet’s most unusually cold conditions early in 2025. Accessibility statement Skip to main content ...

A polar vortex is “a large area of low pressure and cold air” that can expand during the winter months, “sending cold air southward with the jet stream,” according to the NWS.

A polar vortex is set to bring weeks of icy temperatures to the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City. “This could end up being the coldest January since 2011 for the U.S. as a whole,” said ...

The polar vortex might be recently popular, but it is not new. It’s always existed as a pocket of cold air that resides in the Arctic, but it can be brought south when the jet stream weakens.