Here comes a slew of short posts on the record cold and record snowfall in the south. I’m putting it out here for archival purposes and posterity. There’s about a dozen posts to follow.
Widespread snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches brings Texas city to a crawl.
8 Dec 2017 – Houston’s second earliest snowfall in recorded history set not one but two snow records.
Before midnight, 0.1″ of snow had fallen at IAH setting a record for December 7th. Snowfall after midnight totaled 0.6″, a record for December 8th. In total, Houston officially received just shy of an inch of snow.
One of the biggest snowfalls in history for Texas gulf coast
It was only the third time since 1895 that Brownsville has received accumulating snowfall.
Meanwhile, It was the first snowfall in 13 years in Corpus Christi, which recorded between five and seven inches of snow.
Ninety miles northwest of Houston, College Station recorded five inches of snow.
Source: http://www.khou.com/news/local/record-snow-blankets-houston-and-texas/497922280