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Pictures from Texas, Florida, Mississippi, and more show snow blanketing normally coastal areas; see the pictures here. Texas A snowman in Zilker Park Tuesday January 21, 2025.
The news of cold paired with winter weather has some in Texas thinking back to the Great Texas Freeze of 2021. More than 200 people died during the storm and subsequent arctic blast.
“There is now a 60-70% chance that our entire forecast area observes at least measurable snowfall,” the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said Sunday.
Winter Storm Cora is set to spread a wintry mess of snow and ice across the South. For the latest on this storm, check out our most current forecast here.
El Paso, in Far West Texas, received 22.4 in (57 cm) of snow during a 24-hour period December 13–14, 1987. [15] For central and southern sections, snowfall is considerably more unusual. In February 1895, a large area of southeastern Texas received over 12 inches (30 cm) of snow, with peak amounts near 30 inches (76 cm) at Port Arthur. [16]
The capital of Little Rock and the areas north of it are expected to get around 6-7 inches of snow, while areas south are projected to get slightly less. Good Morning Arkansas!
[33] There were more incidences [spelling?] of snow in the 1980s on average than any other decade recorded, but the 2000s also witnessed more frequent and record-breaking snows. February 14–February 15, 1895: 20 inches (51 cm) of snow, its largest snowfall from one storm on record. [34] February 12, 1960: 4.4 inches (11 cm) of snow. [35]
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.