Det sker i Atlanta, United States året igennem

Tætpakket — King Day, Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden

• Risiko

  Winter ice storms

  1. jan. – 28. feb. · normaltEkstrem kuldeLukninger

  Once or twice a winter freezing rain shuts the interstates, the airport and the schools for a day or two. Snow is not the problem here; a quarter-inch of ice on the hills is. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  King Day

  15.–20. jan. · normaltNational helligdagTætpakket

  Atlanta marks the King holiday where he was born, on Auburn Avenue, with a march and a week of events around Ebenezer Baptist. The park service sites are free and they fill early. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden (14. nov. – 10. jan. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: Winter ice storms (1. jan. – 28. feb. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring break i United States

• Risiko

  Pine pollen season

  1. mar. – 10. maj · normalt

  For six weeks in spring the whole city turns yellow: cars, porches, water. Oak and pine counts here are among the highest in the country and anyone sensitive feels it in a day. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Spring severe-storm season

  1. mar. – 15. maj · normalt

  North Georgia's tornado and hail season runs through spring, and the warnings here come overnight as often as in the afternoon. Hotels sound the alert; camping is the thing to think twice about. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Atlanta Dogwood Festival

• Festival

  Atlanta Dogwood Festival

  5.–20. apr. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakket

  A free arts festival in Piedmont Park in the second week of April, timed to the dogwoods and running since 1936. The city looks better this fortnight than at any other point in the year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Pine pollen season (1. mar. – 10. maj (normalt)), Spring severe-storm season (1. mar. – 15. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Atlanta Jazz Festival

• Festival

  Atlanta Jazz Festival

  23.–26. maj · normaltMusikfestivalTætpakket

  The city puts on a free festival in Piedmont Park over Memorial Day weekend, one of the largest of its kind anywhere, and it marks the point where Atlanta's outdoor season properly starts. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Pine pollen season (1. mar. – 10. maj (normalt)), Spring severe-storm season (1. mar. – 15. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Risiko

  Summer heat and humidity

  10. jun. – 10. sep. · normaltEkstrem varme

  Three months of humid thirty-plus afternoons with a thunderstorm most days around five. The BeltLine is an early-morning walk in July, not an afternoon one. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Independence Day, Peachtree Road Race

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. jul.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Peachtree Road Race

  4. jul.SportsbegivenhedTætpakketLukninger

  Sixty thousand people run ten kilometres down Peachtree Street on the Fourth of July, in the worst heat and humidity of the year. Entry is a lottery and Buckhead closes from dawn. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Summer heat and humidity (10. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Dragon Con, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Dragon Con

  28. aug. – 2. sep. · normaltStor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  Labor Day weekend puts tens of thousands of people through five connected downtown hotels, and the parade closes Peachtree on the Saturday morning. Downtown rooms go a year ahead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Summer heat and humidity (10. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Dragon Con, Summer break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Summer heat and humidity (10. jun. – 10. sep. (normalt)), Dragon Con (28. aug. – 2. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Atlanta Pride

• Festival

  Atlanta Pride

  5.–15. okt. · normaltTætpakketBook tidligt

  Held in October rather than June, on the weekend nearest National Coming Out Day, and centred on Piedmont Park with the parade down Peachtree. Midtown hotels go early. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Fall colour

  25. okt. – 20. nov. · normaltEfterårsfarver

  Atlanta has more tree canopy than any big American city and it turns late, through the first half of November. The north Georgia mountains an hour up peak two or three weeks earlier.

Tætpakket — Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden, Thanksgiving

• Festival

  Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden

  14. nov. – 10. jan. · normaltJul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  Timed-entry light installations through the Botanical Garden in Midtown from mid-November into early January. It sells out at weekends and is the city's default December evening. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. nov.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Fall colour (25. okt. – 20. nov. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden, Winter / Christmas break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden (14. nov. – 10. jan. (normalt)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. nov.)