Has new Orleans ever had snow in February?

Answer 1

Snowfall in February, albeit normally very light, has occurred 5 times in New Orleans since 1850. The snow in 1895 (February 14-15, Mardi Gras) was the most snowfall ever recorded in New Orleans at about 8.2 inches.

Other years with February snowfall were 1899, 1958, 1960, and 1973. Measurable snow has only fallen in the city 17 times in the last 160 years, and only three times from 1950 to 2008 was there ground cover that persisted to the following day.

Answer 2

Yes, New Orleans has experienced snow in February on rare occasions. One notable instance was in February 1895 when the city saw its largest snowfall on record. Snow events in New Orleans are infrequent due to its subtropical climate.

Answer 3

Since 1850, it has only snowed in the city of New Orleans about 17 times, and in only 14 seasons. There were only actual accumulations of snow in 1881, 1895, 1899, 1958, 1963, and 2008.

Snow since 1940:

1958 - February 12 (1.3 ")

1960 - February 13 (0.6")

1963 - December 31 overnight to January 1, 1964 (4.5", snowmen built)

1973 - January 12, February 9 (1.0")

1985 - January 20 (0.4")

1989 - December 22 (mostly sleet 0.5")

2004 - December 25 White Christmas (0.5")

2008 - December 11 (1.0", snowmen built) earliest snowfall ever

Answer 4

Usually snows every winter on the Big Island of Hawaii but on other islands it is rare that it snows. But on the mountains of Maui it has a little bit of snow , where as on Oahu it never snows.

Answer 5

In the state of Florida, it snowed about 68 times. The last winter storm happened in January 2014 with a mixture of freezing rain.

Answer 6

In Baton Rouge, it snowed in the Spring of 2010. The duration was between 10 and 20 hours. I know because I was there.

Answer 7

You probably need to be more specific in time frame. From my memory, snow once in Dec. 2008. Sleet Dec. 25th 2001, None in the 90's and sleet twice in the 80's.

Answer 8

It has several times in the 2009-2010 winter months

Answer 9

Technically it's 0.2 inches, but really it does not snow at all most years, and every few years there might be an inch that melts almost immediately.

Answer 10

in 1984