I have pictures of my mom's blooming rose bushes with snow on them. I would love to share links. Our feel like temps today Sept. 18th will be around 100. I was remembering playing with my two younger brothers. Tires were different when I was a child. Thats what they are saying for Texas, YAY! For the first time ever, some areas experienced their first white Christmas. There were more incidences of snow in the 1980s on average than any other decade recorded, but the 2000s also witnessed more frequent and record-breaking snows. He could ice skate backward as effortlessly as forward, which always impressed me. Ha! You are correctit was 100 km/h not 100 mph. Houston sculptor's next giant statue to be installed near Bush airport, 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' removed from Conroe ISD curriculum, 3 men accused of stealing from ATM after busting through glass door. Craig Hlavaty is a freelance writer for chron.com and the Houston Chronicle. HOUSTON (AP) A man charged in a fatal road rage shooting of a teenager as he and his family drove home from a Houston Astros game in 2021 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison . Houston officially bottomed out at 21 degrees on February 2nd. This would rank as Houstons 12th coldest 5 day stretch on record. KVIA. This was surely a banner year for snowplow contractors! Last night on Valentine's Day, sleet mixed with snow started falling. Especially when it is heavy and wet, the splat sound although muted is definite. :-) Thanks for your comment and personal experience with this snow in Houston. What a treat the snowfall was for you all there such a thrill there for you. DST Changes. Gustave Kilthau from USA on October 29, 2011: I am always awed by your fascinating articles and the photos that you present along with the texts. Its good, however, in the sense that this might lead to more sleet (or snow) and less freezing rain. Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on August 30, 2015: I was living in Houston in the 1970's when we had that most unusual snowstorm that you also experienced in Galveston. What year did it snow on Christmas Day in Houston? Thanks for the update. Temperature (F) 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 . This area suffers droughts, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and at times an occasional dose of winter weather. Happy to hear that you enjoyed this snow in Houston, Texas hub. Snow has fallen the week before and the week after the holiday but never on the 25th. So my colleagues and took our break at the hill. Back on Feb. 12, 1960 the city got just over four inches of the white snow. It feels like it is 4 degrees outside! Minneapolis takes the number one spot on our list with a 77 percent likelihood of having at least an inch of snow on the ground for the Christmas holiday. Hey gang, I didnt see anything mentioned about the Snow we received in February, 1960. 18. Dave McClure from Worcester, UK on December 07, 2009: Snow is a great reminder to slow down and appreciate. No one is talking about it for some reason, but it clogged up the city. I grew up in Southern California and it was an extreme rarity to see snow (once, when I was nine, snow fell in Ontario, California - it melted on contact with the ground). A winter wonderland was ours to enjoy for a rare moment in time. Apparently we had just the right conditions although rare to have such a snow event take place. We just got our first snowfall of the year and in total, received only an inch. If you live in Newfoundland, guess you have to expect the snowright? During the 1990s, Houston did not record any snow events. Searching for Shelley Duvall's Houston Snow Day . Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on December 08, 2009: Nice to meet another fellow Texan here. Thanks! What was amazing about the weather in Houston, Texas, during the last several weeks is that the temperatures have gone from the ridiculous to the sub-zero (feels like) - 100+ degrees for several months to the high 40's seemingly overnight. What was the weather like on your birthday or another date in history? December 4, 2009. I'm hoping the same high-grade site post from you in the future also. That month, during a two day weather event, as much as 7 or 8 inches of snow fell over parts of northern Texas. When was the winter storm in Houston 2021? Snow returns after 34-year absence It would be more than 30 years before Houston saw a decent amount of snow again. . The citys December snowfall average is 11.5 inches and the snowiest Christmas on record occurred in 1945 with a snowfall total of 9.6 inches. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year. Near record-breaking and bitterly cold temperatures are happening. Thanks for adding that memory to this hub. This is both good and bad. = 2.2cm). The closest the Houston metropolitan area came to a white Christmas occurred on December 22, 1989 when 1.7 inches of snow fell at Intercontinental Airport. Some areas around Houston saw nearly a foot of snow. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Snow in Houston doesn't happen every winter, but it does happen. Audrey Howitt from California on September 16, 2015: Climate change is here--we are having crazy weather in CA as well--. Many of them are impassible. Happy to have shared a few childhood memories with you. Year Selection Submit. Yes, but it's true! WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO HAVE A HIBACHI PARTY AND THEN.. | LOL he did not want . Another event likely worthy of its own post. I agree with you that the snow is spectacularly beautiful when new and unsullied by footprints, car tracks, etc. Great hub and great day! Photo taken at Sonny Look's on Quitman. The earliest accumulating snow in Houston is December 4th, 2009. . It becomes a holiday of sorts! Rolling power outages are ongoing. 12 What months does it snow in Texas? That type of weather was wayyyy too rare this winter. Houston officially has never had a white Christmas, but some areas just outside the city in southeast Texas sure did in 2004. On Dec. 25, 2016, Dallas reached 80 degrees, which broke the record for warmest Christmas Day on record in the city. Schools were closed, and businesses let many of their workers go home early. Powder in the 1940s. The December 1983 cold wave was another hall of fame event for Houston. St. Mary's Cathedral covered in snow, February 1940. Most of the snow melted before it hit the ground, but it was magical nevertheless. What year did it snow on Christmas Day in Houston? The January 29-February 3 period remains Houstons coldest stretch of 6 days on record, averaging 26.3 degrees. i have not experienced snow and i bet i will not like it. Thats the greatest snowfall in the history of Houston. Having lived up north for some portions of my life I remember those snow days. Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. For a hint I think it was 1995 (or 1996). Wow! It was 58 years ago this week that Houston got a final, fluffy taste of winter as the city was blessed with snow. It is so fun to watch the kids and the dog on the first day of snowfall, but it certainly gets old by April! i am weak when it comes to coldness. When I was in San Antonio they had about 1/2" of snow one day and they were acting as if it was a foot of snow. There were more incidences of snow in the 1980s on average than any other decade recorded, but the 2000s also witnessed . Sleet covering our frost blankets and roof tops. Thomas James from London on February 20, 2015: Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on January 24, 2014: Just start writing and hone your skills. Fish froze in their aquariums because the power was out for so long. Azalea trail down here is in early March. December 4, 2009, will go down in the record books as the earliest snowfall in Houston, Texas history. Its beautiful when the evergreens are covered with snow. A fun day for most of us living here. If one has to have snow or hail, I would much rather have it be snow! The daily range of reported temperatures (gray bars) and 24-hour highs (red ticks) and lows (blue ticks), placed over the daily average high (faint red line) and low (faint blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. You can learn much by reading and noticing how others write as well. Those pics are amazing, even of the snowman, and when you were younger. It snowed seven times in the 1980s, with the most snow coming on Dec. 22, 1989, with 1.7 inches. I was in a department store shopping, people were taking pictures of the falling snow with cellphones. Nights at or below freezing: 12 over 2 weeks. The February 13, 1899 edition of the Houston Post described the cold snap thusly: When a younger friend approaches him now and suggests to him, with a degree of profanity based on the length of time he has been exposed to the chilling, biting, nipping North wind, that its pretty cold, the oldest inhabitant cannot yawn, draw closer to the welcome fire, and say, with an air of conscious superiority, Yes, but away back in 73 there was a norther that. He has no recourse but to moodily assent, put a few more coals in the blazing grate and reflect on what has been, what might have been and what may be. :-) Thanks for the posted comment. Aint revealing which one is me. Photo of me and the snowman in the early 1970s. One Hundred Years of Southeast Texas Weather (1900-2000) Southeast Texas endures a variety of weather every year. National Weather Service: SoCal Record Highs on Dec. 25, 1980. It should all be gone tomorrow. Nights at or below freezing: 14 over 2-3 weeks. Ziaullah Khan from Pakistan on December 11, 2017: Beautiful - Very fascinating , I am in love it . I'll share some of them below. That must have been some snow event in London to even close the underground trains! Happy you enjoyed reading this and thanks for leaving a comment. ManlyPoetryMan from (Texas) Boldly Writing Poems Where No Man Has Gone Before on December 05, 2009: Let it SNOWHouston StyleYeehaa! We wonder if there was a baby boom nine . Kristen Howe from Northeast Ohio on December 09, 2017: Peggy, that's a real long time ago that snow had fallen in Houston. The next largest snowfall came in 1960 when Houston got 4.4 inches, and then in 1940, when we got 3 inches. If you do not like the coldthen best stay away from snow. . The snow might not be so bad if it just melted the next day!!! The last recorded snowfall in Houston was on February 15, 2021. On December 22 1929, 2.5 inches of snow fell in Houston.Christmas Day Climate Data. Peggy Woods (author) from Houston, Texas on October 30, 2011: Undertstandable that you and others in the store became fascinated by the snowfall in The Woodlands. Nice! Snow falls on traffic at Main St. and Texas Ave. in downtown Houston. But you may not know a new record was set just last year when trace amounts of snow fell Nov. 13, 2018, making it the earliest observed snow on record. He's still lean and healthy at 12+ years old but his hips bother him if he does too much. On December 22 1929, 2.5 inches of snow fell in Houston.Christmas Day Climate Data. From the Feb. 13, 1960, Houston Chronicle: Mrs. John D. Tamborello and daughter, Janice Lynn, 6, put finishing touches on a huge snowman they built in front of their home at 4231 Ruskin. In 2004 Galveston experienced its first-ever white Christmas. Of course, Houston won't see Valentine's snow in 2018 as we are due for a warm-up by Wednesday. Who knows, maybe a few older Gen-Xers around these parts owe their very existence to those four inches of snow 58 years ago. Those times make for memories particularly because they are so rare. The news channels on television this evening broadcast snow photos sent in from viewers. The mother of all snows came on Valentine's Day in 1895. Definitely deserves a mention. It would surely be nice to revisit those days of yester years. The most significantly wintry years were 1886, when Galveston Bay froze, and 1895, when the island received a whopping snowfall of 15.4 inches. I was like, what is this white cold stuff falling from the sky?! You still have some time to get snow for your White Christmas in DC. Probability (%) of having Snow on the Ground of at least 1 inch deep or Snowfall of at least 0.1 inches on December 25.Chances of Snow for Christmas at USA Cities. On Dec. 22, 2004, a cold . This snow and ice is a rare occurrence in Houston. Dallas is not as far south as you are but still unusual. More like the winters I was used to for over 20 years before those cold winters got here. Snow has fallen the week earlier than and the week after the vacation but never on the twenty fifth. While this weekend's winter storm in Texas might not dump the white stuff on the Bayou City, the city is no stranger to dealing with copious amounts of snow. Thanks for commenting. Hope you had as much fun as we did in enjoying that "white stuff" falling from the sky. What Airport Does American Airlines Fly Out Of In Houston? According to an MSNBC source, Houston has only experienced snow falling thirty-three times since 1895, so one must realize with a statistic like that just how . It is a thrill to see snow in Houston because it is so very rare. For some reason, snow and Houston have had a love affair around Valentine's Day. Our memory of the past winter can sometimes be judged by a strong beginning to the winter, a long & cold winter season or a massive snowstorm that tested all snow removal equipment at the end of the season. Each month is pretty even, but what that does show is were very much in the middle of Houston's snowfall season, no matter how insignificant it may be. Between two days in 1895, Feb. 14 and 15, Houston would see about 20 inches of snow fall. It was a massive storm that dropped snow from Tampico, Mexico, to Pensacola, Florida, and set records in New Orleans and Alabama. agusfanani from Indonesia on December 13, 2009: I didn't know the name of iced rain is hail, thank for sharing. Nights at or below freezing: 12 over the course of 2 weeks. :-). Nights at or below freezing: 10, split up over 20 days. I'll show you some photos that I took from the windows inside our home. But at least if we are going to have a cold snap we are shooting the moon with this one and going all the way. There is some reason to believe that this year is unlikely for snow. Everyone was in a state of excitement. A roundup of photographic proof that Houston can indeed become a winter wonderland (or, you know, a frozen hell-scape.) In my mind, that was the coldest it could get here but we are going well beyond that right now. On December 22 1929, 2.5 inches of snow fell in Houston. December 1983 was to Dallas what December 1989 was to Houston, leading to their coldest December on record. For snow and ice contractors, the winter is typically judged by how much money made it into the bank. The rare event of snow falling in Houston is maybe like iced rains which also sotimes surprisingly fall in my country. For the first time ever, some areas experienced their first white Christmas. St. Marys Cathedral covered in snow, February 1940. Thanks for memories. While this weekend's winter storm in Texas might not dump the white stuff on the Bayou City, the city is no stranger to dealing with copious amounts of snow. Most unusual, but fun. The nurseries should be doing a brisk business again this spring when people will be replacing lost plants. Snowman in Houston, Texas! 1 wealthiest ZIP code is 77005, which encompasses West University, What is the minimum wage in Texas? successfulblogger from Los Angeles,Ca on December 06, 2009: So sorry to hear about your experience with the snow, tobagganing and ending up with a concussion. The latest snowfall recorded of the season occurred on March 22, 1968. Then when we saw it we were all miffed because he got the museums name wrong! We sometimes get that alsoin fact more often than snow. Subdivisions, like the one in which we live, hire the snow machine operators to come once during the winter so that children who may never have seen snow get to frolic in it for a brief time. The morning temperature was 11 degrees Celsius on Monday, April 24, and by Friday, April 28, it had dipped to minus 3 degrees Celsius. That year, it froze everywhere. Moving to a new post, my dad was being stationed in NY. So, will 2021 join these memorable cold snaps? You can, 77005. That was quite a sight! This was a different storm from the historic event that struck the Midwest and southern Canada around . Coldest temperature: 21 on 1/20 But it didn't stick on the roads :( We are expected to get a wet winter, did you hear that earlier in the year? RELATED:That time it snowed in Houston in 2008 and everyone was so excited. 8 to 12 inches is a good snowstorm indeed. "Oohs" and "aahs" relating to the rare spectacle brought smiles to our faces. Six record low temperatures still stand from 1989. LOL. It is 0 here right now! But now, it is snowing over there. There were more incidences of snow in the 1980s on average than any other decade recorded, but the 2000s also witnessed more frequent and record-breaking snows. Valentine's Day in 1895 Houston was hit with 20 inches of snow on Feb. 14 and 15. On December 22 1929, 2.5 inches of snow fell in Houston. Have never visited there but would like to change that situation someday. Clothing was different back then, and to stay warm, we bundled up with layers of socks, pants, sweaters, jackets, scarves, hats, mittens, and boots. 1850s. Weather reports had warned of possible snow and icy conditions. Thanks for reading this bit about the unusual snow day in Houston, Texas and leaving a comment. Houston sees snow for 0.1 snowfall days and collects up to 0.04 inches (1 millimeter), while it records 11.8 days of rainfall which can aggregates up to 2.13 inches (54 millimeters) throughout the month. Azaleasthe ones that only bloom once a yearare starting to pop out. Ha! Anyone reading this must know the excitement that this real and heavy snowfall generated today for children and adults alike. The following year, Houston set a new record for earliest snowfall of the season: 13 November. Nights at or below freezing: 20 (!) It is windy, and the wind chill feel-like temperatures can be life-threatening for people and animals without warmth and shelter. Snow falling heavily downtown in front of the Rice Hotel while an officer directs traffic. So here is your next trivia challenge when was the last time the entire continental US was at or below freezing? It started falling at night, and just about all of it has now melted as of 2:30 this afternoon. Yes, I remember the chains. Appreciate your comment. Well weren't you the cutest thing? Again, in January 1949 2.6 inches of snow fell on Houston. This was a great recap of our coldest ever, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Eric wrote about it at the Houston Chronicle, leading to their coldest December on record, which we conveniently wrote about back in 2017, Heres the latest on Houstons winter storm and exceptional cold, Sunday morning update: Snow likely tonight for much of Houston, followed by extreme cold, Scattered showers today will herald the arrival of a front, and return of more typical January weather, A return to winter-like conditions is finally on the horizon for Houston, Houston will turn back toward more winter-like conditions by Wednesday night, Houston to have its coldest night of 2023, and then well swiftly warm up, After Wednesdays warmth, much drier and cooler air arrives today. 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