O que acontece em Atlanta, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — King Day, Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden

• Risco

  Winter ice storms

  1 Jan – 28 Fev · normalmenteFrio extremoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  King Day

  15–20 Jan · normalmenteFeriado nacionalLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden (14 Nov – 10 Jan (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Winter ice storms (1 Jan – 28 Fev (normalmente))

Movimentado — Spring break em Estados Unidos

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  Pine pollen season

  1 Mar – 10 Mai · normalmente

  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. Fonte ↗

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  Spring severe-storm season

  1 Mar – 15 Mai · normalmente

  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. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Atlanta Dogwood Festival

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  Atlanta Dogwood Festival

  5–20 Abr · normalmenteFestival de artesLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Pine pollen season (1 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente)), Spring severe-storm season (1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente))

Movimentado — Atlanta Jazz Festival

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  Atlanta Jazz Festival

  23–26 Mai · normalmenteFestival de músicaLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Pine pollen season (1 Mar – 10 Mai (normalmente)), Spring severe-storm season (1 Mar – 15 Mai (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

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  Summer heat and humidity

  10 Jun – 10 Set · normalmenteCalor extremo

  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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Independence Day, Peachtree Road Race

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

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  Peachtree Road Race

  4 JulEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Summer heat and humidity (10 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Dragon Con, Summer break em Estados Unidos

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  Dragon Con

  28 Ago – 2 Set · normalmenteGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Summer heat and humidity (10 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Dragon Con, Summer break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Summer heat and humidity (10 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)), Dragon Con (28 Ago – 2 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Atlanta Pride

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  Atlanta Pride

  5–15 Out · normalmenteLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natureza

  Fall colour

  25 Out – 20 Nov · normalmenteCores do outono

  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.

Lotação máxima — Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden, Thanksgiving

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  Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden

  14 Nov – 10 Jan · normalmenteNatal e Ano-NovoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Fall colour (25 Out – 20 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em dezembro.

Ainda em andamento: Garden Lights at the Botanical Garden (14 Nov – 10 Jan (normalmente)), Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)