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1895: As part of the Great Freeze, large snow storm spanning from Texas to Alabama left New Orleans with approximately 8.2 inches (21 cm) of snow, Lake Charles with 22 inches (56 cm) of snow, and Rayne with 24 inches (61 cm) of snow. However, these are unconfirmed.
The last time New Orleans saw snow was in December 2004, according to the National Weather Service, and it was just half an inch. ... longer in service reported 10 inches of snow in 1895, and 14.4 ...
The last measurable snowfall in Houston occurred on February 15, 2021. ... New Orleans, Jacksonville and ... the city’s greatest snowfall event occurred on Feb. 14, 1895, when nearly 20" fell ...
Elsewhere, New Orleans hasn't seen measurable snowfall since 2009. And it has been 35 years for Jacksonville. ... 1895, which dumped a whopping 6-20 inches of snow along the Texas and Louisiana ...
Elsewhere, Florida's Panhandle had a forecast of 2 to 4 inches. The state's snowfall record is 4 inches, set March 6, 1954. Mobile was forecast to get 3 to 6 inches; its record is 5 inches, set Jan. 24, 1881. Even the double-digit snowfall near Lafayette was well short of the Valentine’s Day snowstorm that struck parts of the Gulf Coast in 1895.
With more than 9 inches (23 centimeters) of snow in parts of the city Tuesday, New Orleans has far surpassed its record — 2.7 inches (6.8 centimeters) on Dec. 31, 1963 — according to the National Weather Service. There were unofficial reports of 10 inches (26 centimeters) of snow in New Orleans in 1895, NWS meteorologist Christopher Bannan ...
Record-setting snow days. It had been more than a decade since snow last fell on New Orleans. Tuesday's rare snowfall set a record in the city, where 10 inches (25 centimeters) fell in some places, far surpassing its record of 2.7 inches (6.8 centimeters) set Dec. 31, 1963, the National Weather Service said.
New Orleans officially recorded 8" of snow with plenty of reports of 8-12" around the Big Easy. Florida’s greatest snowfall of all-time was 4" reported outside of Pensacola but the accumulations ...