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1899: With the Great Blizzard of 1899, snowfall in New Orleans reached 3.8 inches (9.7 cm) with strong winds and temperatures below 10 °F (−12 °C). [5] 2000: This snow was nationally televised as the 2000 Independence Bowl was being played on December 31, 2000, in Shreveport. The game was later referred to as "The Snow Bowl", as a snowstorm ...
[3]: 48 On February 14, New Orleans dropped to 6 °F (−14.4 °C), an all-time record. [10] The previous day, the city experienced its coldest-ever Mardi Gras with a minimum of 7 °F (−13.9 °C). [11] [12] The low temperature in Miami, Florida, on February 14 dropped to 29 °F (−1.7 °C) with a high of only 48 °F (8.9 °C). The city has ...
An extremely unusual blizzard in that it reached into the far southern states of the US. It hit in February, and the area around Washington, D.C., experienced 51 hours straight of snowfall. The port of New Orleans was totally iced over; revelers participating in the New Orleans Mardi Gras had to wait for the parade routes to be shoveled free of ...
Members of the FBI and New Orleans Police work the scene on Bourbon Street after at least 10 people were killed when a person drove into a crowd in the early morning hours of New Year's Day.
New Orleans, Louisiana had its first white Christmas in 50 years. In addition to the unusual occurrence of snow inland, moderate to heavy snow was also reported over the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first significant snow fall in Houston since February 12, 1960, when a snowstorm hit central and south Texas with eight to 10 ...
Since records began in 1869, the latest first measurable snowfall in New York City was recor. No white Christmas to set a festive mood in Rockefeller Center. No snow to greet New Year's Eve ...
New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations still scheduled Parades are set to commence in New Orleans Monday, less than a week after a deadly truck attack killed 14 people and injured dozens in what FBI ...
A map of snowfall accumulations from the winter storm. On December 5, 2017, a cold front moved through southern Texas, bringing rainfall and cold air behind it. [3] The front then intensified, which caused temperatures across the region to further decrease into the 4–10 °C (39–50 °F) range and resulted in the cooling of the atmosphere by December 7.