Atlanta miscellany . The climate for Atlanta is temperate. Extremely cold temperatures are infrequent in Atlanta. Snowfall is also very rare. The wettest months are January and March with summer thunderstorms during a brief rainy season in July.
Summers are usually warm and humid.
It soon grew to be an important center for the region's manufacturing and railroad industries. During the Civil War, it was the Confederate arsenal. By 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman had laid waste to the city reducing it to ashes. Not about to let the destruction get the city down, the people rebuilt, using the post-war reconstruction monies wisely to become once again a thriving city. Because of the leveling of the city during the Civil War, few buildings pre-date those war years.