I'm a native, born and raised about 25 miles closer into Atlanta. Lived in your town and in New England. After living in Atlanta for only 2 1/2 years when we married, we returned to Melanie's hometown. Seven years later, she wanted to return to a place where there were very few long term extremes in weather.
This past Sunday morning we awoke at 7 to a coating of ice on the trees. By 10 AM it had melted, the sun was shining and the high temp for the day was 53. We're forecast to reach mid 60's every day for the next week.