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Local Weather History For January 12th...
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1985 (12th-13th): A historic snowstorm struck much of Southwest Texas including the Permian Basin on the 12th and 13th. In
the wake of the storm, a swath of 6-10 inches of snow was measured from the Big Bend north into the Permian Basin. San Angelo measured an impressive six inches with five inches at Midland and El Paso. The heavy snow plagued motorists and caused countless traffic accidents. Commercial airliners were stranded at the Midland airport and schools in Odessa were closed. Its very rare to have winter storms track this far south and affect such a large area of Southwest Texas. Given the broad coverage of this storm |