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Significant snowfall is expected across North and Central Texas late Wednesday, Jan. 8, through early Friday, Jan. 10, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. A “rain-snow mix ...
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.
“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.
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.
About 1-3 inches of snow is forecast for nearly all the Gulf Coast states, with parts of East Texas, central Louisiana and western Mississippi potentially seeing higher amounts between 5 and 8 inches.
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]
On 26 May 1908, the Trinity River reached a depth of 52.6 feet (16.03 m) and a width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km). [19] Five people died, 4,000 were left homeless, and property damages were estimated at $2.5 million. Now the wreckage of a shed or outhouse would move by, followed by a drowned swine or other livestock. The construction forces of the ...
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.