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Occurrences of freezing rain, also known as ice storms, are more common than snow in Houston. Some of the most recent ice storms occurred in 1997, 2007, February 4, 2011 , and January 16, 2018. An overnight event occurred from January 23, 2014 to January 24, another significant icing occurred a few days later on January 28 , and a third event ...
Here is the snow and ice forecast for some of the biggest cities in the path of the evolving storm: Between 2 and 4 inches of snow is forecast to fall in Houston through Tuesday afternoon. Some ...
Houston does have a supply of sand and brine to help melt snow and ice on highways and overpasses. The Texas Transportation Department sent plows to the city, the question remains whether they ...
The last time the area got any measurable snow was in 2009 and it was one-tenth of an inch thick, while the city’s record snowfall was 2.7 inches in 1963, Axios reported.
The NWS said up to 4 inches (10 centimeters) of snow fell in the Houston area. Texas transportation officials said more than 20 snowplows were in use across nearly 12,000 lane miles in the Houston area, which lacks its own city or county plows.
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.
PHOTO: Memorial Drive, a main road in Houston, Texas, is seen covered in snow and empty during peak traffic hours as winter storm Enzo passes through the city, Jan. 21, 2025.
The Northern Plains' climate is semi-arid and is prone to drought, annually receiving between 16 and 32 inches (410 and 810 mm) of precipitation, and average annual snowfall ranging between 15 and 30 inches (380 and 760 mm), with the greatest snowfall amounts occurring in the Texas panhandle and areas near the border with New Mexico.