Historic January 2025 Snowstorm in the Southern U.S.
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An Arctic blast plunged into the southeastern United States on Sunday, January 19, arriving just in time for the on-average coldest stretch of the year. It brought record-breaking low temperatures and fueled a winter storm that dropped historic snowfall for parts of the South.
On January 22, the New Orleans Lakefront in Louisiana hit 26 degrees, the station’s coldest temperature since records began in 1940; meanwhile, Baton Rouge, LA, made it to 19 degrees, which is the city’s coldest temperature since records began in 1935. Lafayette, LA, was even colder at 4 degrees, a record low since records began in 1893. Finally, New Iberia, LA, saw 2 degrees, making it the site’s record-coldest temperature since its creation in 1948.
As the record-breaking cold set in, so did the historic snowfall. Texas saw the first snowflakes of the storm on the night of January 20 before the storm began its trek eastward. One of the most notable records from the state was the 4.5 inches that fell in the Beaumont-Port Arthur Area on January 21, making it the snowiest day for the site since it began its records in 1901.
As the storm tracked eastward, it continued to make history in Louisiana on both January 21 and 22. The National Weather Service office in Lake Charles, LA, issued its first blizzard warnings ever for portions of the state. On January 21, Baton Rouge recorded 7.6 inches, making it the site’s snowiest day since records began in 1892 while New Orleans saw its snowiest day since records began in 1948 with a total of 8.0 inches. On January 22, Thibodaux also saw its snowiest day since records began in 1893, with 8.5 inches of snow.
Mobile, AL, hit a record snowfall of 7.5 inches on January 21, the most since the site’s creation in 1881, and Fernandina Beach, FL, ended January 22 with 4.0 inches of snowfall, making it the site’s snowiest day since records began in 1917.
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