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The most snow ever reported in southeast Texas was during the Valentine Storm of 1895, which swept southeastern states and dumped 20 inches of snow in Houston, Space City Weather reports, pointing ...
“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.
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]
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.
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.
How much snow did Texas get? HOUSTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 21: An SUV drives along a nearly desolate highway Interstate 45, which has sections covered in snow, on January 21, 2025 in Houston, Texas.
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.
[33] There were more incidences [spelling?] of snow in the 1980s on average than any other decade recorded, but the 2000s also witnessed more frequent and record-breaking snows. February 14–February 15, 1895: 20 inches (51 cm) of snow, its largest snowfall from one storm on record. [34] February 12, 1960: 4.4 inches (11 cm) of snow. [35]