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El Paso, in Far West Texas, received 22.4 in (57 cm) of snow during a 24-hour period December 13–14, 1987. [14] 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. [15]
The practice of using names to identify weather systems goes back several centuries, with systems named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of each naming scheme. [1] [2] Examples include The Great Snow of 1717, The Schoolhouse Blizzard (1888), the Mataafa Storm, the Storm of the Century (1993). [3]
Lake Helen at Mount Lassen [10] and Kalmia Lake in the Trinity Alps are estimated to receive 600-700 inches of snow per year. Tamarack in Calaveras County holds the record for the deepest snowfall on earth (884 inches (2,250 cm)). 5. Alaska: Valdez: 314.1 inches (798 cm) 95 feet (29 m)
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Many North Texans hoping for the first snowfall this winter are more likely to see a mix of snow flurries, freezing rain and sleet Sunday night through late Monday morning as an arctic cold front ...
The type of winter warnings sent out by the National Weather Service depends on the inches of snowfall expected in the area.
A significant winter storm brought snow and ice from Southern plains to the Southeast. [19] [20] Early on December 8, 10.5 inches (27 centimetres) of snow fell in Lubbock, Texas. Snow fell as south and east as Abilene, Texas. This storm caused thousands of people to lose power and 60 car crashes were reported across the Lubbock area.
In the winter, for Texas, stronger El Nino conditions would mean above-average precipitation. El Nino conditions typically lead to wetter, snowier conditions in Texas. Show comments