Following unusually cold temperatures Houston, Texax is expected to get more rainfall, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Houston residents have been braving colder-than-average conditions in recent weeks because of a broad weather pattern bringing rare winter weather to parts of the South.
Facing frigid wind chill values of 12 to 20 degrees across the region, Houston and much of Southeast Texas are under a cold weather advisory until 6 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Given that the coldest temperatures of this Texas freeze are expected before dawn on Wednesday,
For official record-keeping purposes for Houston, the National Weather Service uses snowfall amounts measured at Bush Intercontinental Airport, which received 1.2 inches Tuesday. Hobby Airport got 3 inches of snow.
Tuesday's snow largely melted Wednesday as temperatures climbed from the teens into the 40s. Highs in the lows 50s are forecasted for Thursday and Friday, with temperatures reaching the 60s this weekend,
Houston's weather forecast includes sunny skies with gradual warming, but rain chances increase over the weekend.
Here's a look at snowfall totals from Tuesday's winter storm that blanketed Houston and parts Louisiana in multiple inches of the white stuff.
Winter Storm Enzo brought significant snowfall to the area. See where it accumulated in the highest amounts across the region.
Houston mayor John Whitmire and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo both warned that the conditions will worse before they get better.
The last time Houston saw measurable snow was in Feb. 2021. This week's snowfall could have a place in the record books. The most snow ever measured in Houston was when the city saw 20 inches in 1895. HOUSTON - This week's snowfall has many thinking back about the last time that we saw snow in Houston.
The freeze last week has a weather term for it that was coined by a Texas A&M scientist back in 1976. It's called the "McFarland Signature."
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