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All Measurable Snowfalls (1895-2021)
Alexandria Beaumont/Port Arthur Lafayette Lake Charles New Iberia
1 Feb 12-13, 1960 9.1"
2 Jan 23, 1940 8.2"
3 Feb 13-15, 1895 8.0"
4 Dec 29, 1901 8.0"
5 Jan 30, 1949 6.7"
6 Dec 22, 1929 5.0"
7 Jan 22, 1935 5.0"
8 Jan 23, 1948 4.5"
9 Jan 10-12, 1973 4.0"
10 Feb 10, 1899 3.0"
11 Feb 16, 1899 3.0"
12 Feb 4, 1923 3.0"
13 Feb 11-12, 2010 3.0"
14 Jan 23-24, 2014 3.0"
15 Jan 23-24, 1958 2.6"
16 Dec 8, 2017 2.1"
17 Jan 20, 1978 2.0"
18 Jan 30-Feb 1,1951 1.9"
19 Jan 28, 2014 1.5"
20 Feb 15, 2021 1.5"
21 Dec 2, 1896 1.0"
22 Jan 26, 1897 1.0"
23 Dec 10, 1898 1.0"
24 Feb 12, 1899 1.0"
25 Jan 28, 1904 1.0"
26 Jan 3, 1985 1.0"
27 Feb 23, 1901 0.8"
28 Jan 16, 2018 0.8"
29 Jan 6, 2017 0.5"
30 Feb 6, 2014 0.3"
31 Mar 5, 2015 0.3"
32 Jan 10, 2021 0.3"
33 Feb 11, 1963 0.2"
34 Dec 4, 2009 0.2"
35 Mar 3, 2014 0.2"
1 Feb 14-15, 1895 30.0"
2 Feb 12-13, 1960 4.4"
3 Jan 11, 1973 3.0"
4 Dec 8, 2017 3.0"
5 Feb 12, 1958 2.9"
6 Jan 23, 1940 2.5"
7 Feb 15, 2021 2.1"
8 Dec 22, 1929 2.0"
9 Jan 30, 1949 1.8"
10 Dec 11, 2008 1.8"
11 Mar 22, 1968 1.4"
12 Jan 23, 1948 1.3"
13 Jan 31, 1951 0.8"
14 Feb 2, 1980 0.7"
15 Dec 22, 1989 0.7"
16 Feb 17, 1973 0.4"
17 Jan 3, 1985 0.4"
18 Jan 28, 2014 0.3"
19 Jan 13, 1982 0.2"
20 Feb 7, 1988 0.2"
21 Jan 16, 2018 0.1"
1 Feb 14-15, 1895 14.0"
2 Feb 12-13, 1960 4.7"
3 Feb 25, 1914 4.0"
4 Jan 30, 1949 3.1"
5 Feb 12, 1958 3.0"
6 Jan 22, 1940 2.5"
7 Jan 23, 1948 2.2"
8 Jan 22, 1935 2.0"
9 Feb 9, 1973 2.0"
10 Dec 8, 2017 1.7"
11 Feb 12, 1899 1.5"
12 Jan 11, 1973 1.5"
13 Jan 12, 1918 1.0"
14 Dec 11, 2008 1.0"
15 Feb 7, 1988 0.5"
16 Jan 24, 2014 0.5"
17 Feb 15, 2021 0.5"
18 Feb 12, 2010 0.4"
19 Dec 4, 2009 0.3"
20 Jan 28, 2014 0.3"
21 Jan 16, 2018 0.3"
22 Jan 23, 1926 0.2"
1 Feb 14-15, 1895 22.0"
2 Feb 12-13, 1960 5.0"
3 Jan 11, 1973 4.0"
4 Jan 23, 1940 3.4"
5 Jan 22, 1935 3.0"
6 Jan 30, 1949 2.4"
7 Dec 8, 2017 2.1"
8 Jan 23, 1948 2.0"
9 Feb 7, 1988 1.6"
10 Feb 12, 1958 1.2"
11 Jan 19, 1978 1.0"
12 Feb 15, 2021 0.8"
13 Jan 31-Feb 1, 1951 0.6"
14 Dec 11, 2008 0.4"
15 Jan 18, 1940 0.3"
16 Feb 23, 1968 0.3"
17 Jan 13, 1982 0.2"
18 Dec 22, 1989 0.2"
19 Dec 4, 2009 0.2"
20 Jan 28, 2014 0.1"
21 Jan 16, 2018 0.1"
1 Feb 14-15, 1895 13.5"
2 Feb 25, 1914 3.5"
3 Feb 11-12, 1899 3.0"
4 Feb 12-13, 1960 3.0"
5 Feb 12-13, 1958 2.6"
6 Dec 8, 2017 2.4"
7 Jan 30, 1949 2.1"
8 Jan 11, 1918 1.0"
9 Jan 11, 1973 1.0"
10 Dec 11, 2008 0.8"
11 Dec 22, 1989 0.5"
12 Feb 1, 1951 0.4"
13 Jan 28, 2014 0.1"

 

Earliest Measurable Snowfall (1895-2020)

Location

Date

Amount
Alexandria LA

Dec 2, 1896

1.0"
Beaumont/Port Arthur TX

Dec 8, 2017

3.0"
Lake Charles LA

Dec 4, 2009

0.2"
Lafayette LA

Dec 4, 2009

0.3"
New Iberia LA

Dec 8, 2017

2.4"

 

Climate Normal Snowfall by Month (1971-2000)

Location

 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Alexandria LA 0.2" 0" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaumont/Port Arthur TX 0.1" 0.1" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Charles LA 0.2" 0.1" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lafayette LA 0.1" 0.1" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Iberia LA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

Monthly Average Snowfall (1895-2009)

Location

 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Alexandria LA 0.3" 0.1" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2"
Beaumont/Port Arthur TX 0.1" 0.1" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lake Charles LA 0.2" 0.1" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lafayette LA 0.1" 0.3" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Iberia LA 0 0.3" 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1"

 

Total Measurable Snowfalls by Month (1895-2021)

Location

 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Alexandria LA 16 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Beaumont/Port Arthur TX 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Lafayette LA 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Lake Charles LA 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
New Iberia LA 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

 

 

Most Measurable Snowfalls in One Season (July-June) (1895-2021) 

Location

 Total Measurable Snowfalls Season(s)
Alexandria LA 4 1898-99/2013-14
Beaumont/Port Arthur TX 2 1972-73
Lafayette LA 2 1972-73/2008-09/2009-10
Lake Charles LA 2 1939-40/2008-09/2017-18
New Iberia LA 1 several

 

 

Measurable Snowfall Averages (1895-2021)

Location

 Total Measurable Snowfalls Average Measurable Snowfall Occurrence Most Likely Month
for Measurable Snow
Alexandria LA 35 Once every 4.6 years January
Beaumont/Port Arthur TX 21 Once every 6.0 years January
Lafayette LA 22 Once every 5.7 years January
Lake Charles LA 21 Once every 6.0 years January
New Iberia LA 13 Once every 9.7 years February

 

Historical Snowfall Pictures
February 4, 1923 December 22, 1929 January 22, 1935 January 23, 1940
1923 Alexandria Snow image
Alexandria, LA
(photo from RP Library)		 Dec 21, 1929 Alexandria Snow image
Alexandria, LA
(photo from RP Library)		 Jan 22, 1935 Alexandria Snow image
Alexandria, LA
(photo from RP Library)		 January 23, 1940 Cottonport Snow image
Cottonport, LA
February 12-13, 1960
Feb 12-13, 1960 Beaumont Snow image
Beaumont, TX
(photo from Glen Campbell)		 February 12-13, 1960 Orange Snow image
Orange, TX		    
December 11, 2008
Dec 11, 2008 Snow image
Lake Charles, LA		      

 

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