We had one for the record books in 1973. I remember it like it was yesterday. The official measurement was 16", because the weather station for Macon is in south Bibb County, at the Macon airport almost in Warner Robins.......so all points north got more. It started Friday morning shortly after we got to school. The air temperature was over 40*. Started snowing harder and harder. The temp got to below freezing real quick and it started sticking. By Saturday morning it finally stopped. I remember Daddy stepping out into the back yard to take the "Daddy official measurement". He stuck his foot in the snow to make a hole and measured to the bottom. 24". The measurement was 23" but he added 1" for compressed snow. In fact, later that day, the weather reports said some places in north Macon (where we were) got a small swath of snow up to and a tic over 24". That shut Macon down for a solid week. It was a lotta fun, too.
