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There are different snow reporting sites within New Orleans, but the oldest records from a sub-station that's no longer in service reported 10 inches of snow in 1895, and 14.4 inches in 1909.
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). [4] 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 ...
According to official weather observation sites, both New Orleans and Pensacola saw around 8" of snow, but there were plenty of unofficial social media reports along the Interstate 10 corridor ...
"The biggest snowstorm on record in the now-I-10 corridor was the blockbuster storm more than 100 years ago, from Feb. 14-15, 1895, which dumped a whopping 6-20 inches of snow along the Texas and ...
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.
In New Orleans, a winter storm dumped up to 10 inches of snow just weeks before the Super Bowl, creating headaches but also a moment of levity for residents.
Elsewhere, snowfall totaled 11.5 in (29.2 cm) near Chalmette, and nearby, New Orleans recorded up to 10 in (25.4 cm), Baton Rouge recorded 7.6 in (19.3 cm) of snowfall, beating the one day snowfall record from February 1895 at 6.5 in (16.5 cm).