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Last Map Update: Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 8:36:29 am CST

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A Cold Weather Advisory has been issued for the Caprock from Midnight tonight until 9 AM Monday for bitterly cold temperatures of -5 to 5 degrees.

A reinforcing blast of arctic air this evening will create dangerously low wind chills of zero to 15 below. An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect for the northern South Plains and far southwest Texas Panhandle, with a Cold Weather Advisory elsewhere from 6 PM this evening until noon on Tuesday. Have a plan to stay warm and limit your time outdoors!

Most areas stay below freezing for highs today under partly to mostly cloudy skies. A dusting of snow is possible later this afternoon for areas from Friona to Plainview to Childress.

In addition to light snow tonight with a half-inch or less of accumulation, bitter sub-zero wind chills are likely. Lows will range from the single digits on the Caprock to 10 to 15 elsewhere under clearing skies.

Temperatures will gradually warm through the rest of this week. A front will pass through on Wednesday but will have little to no effect on Temperatures.

Very cold temperatures are expected through Tuesday. Layering up is important to prevent hypothermia and frostbite. Overnight lows in the lower teens to even the single-digits are expected through Tuesday morning. So, it will only take a light breeze to make it feel like the temperature is below zero. Dress appropriately when venturing outside for prolonged periods of time!

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Local Weather History For January 20th...

1983 (20th-21st): An incredible snowstorm paralyzed almost all of the Texas Panhandle and South Plains from the 20th
through the 21st. This was undoubtedly the largest storm in some time to drop in excess of eight inches of snow over such
an aerial extent of the Panhandle and South Plains. The heavy wet snow shattered snowfall records in Lubbock after 16.3
inches accumulated by the 21st! Snow on the ground prior to this storm created a deep snow pack of 25.0 inches at the
Lubbock Airport. Plainview measured 18 inches with up to 15 inches observed in Dalhart. Prior to the snow, sleet and
freezing rain fell over the region resulting in extremely slick roads. Surprisingly, there were no casualties reported,
but property losses were estimated in the several millions of dollars. Ground and air travel were ground to a halt
stranding many persons. The very wet snow also crushed in numerous roofs of homes and buildings and also overloaded trees
that subsequently fell on power lines knocking out power to several rural communities. Since this storm hit on a Thursday
and Friday, school kids were perhaps the most elated as they received a four-day weekend to play in the historic snow.