For much of the Gulf Coast, the blizzard expected to end soon was a once-in-a-lifetime storm.
Many areas have seen more snow than they have had in at least 130 years, making it a historic event.
Florida It just saw the most snow on record, with a preliminary 8.8 inches seen in Milton, which is north of Pensacola. It’s the heaviest snowfall on record in the state, according to the National Weather Service.
An ABC News graphic shows radar for the southeastern United States at 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
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Snow reports in the last 24 hours have about 1.2 inches in Houston, Texas. That’s the official number because it was taken at the city’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, but southeast of the city saw more than 4 inches. The NWS said it was “one of the most significant snowstorms to impact the Houston area.”
Elsewhere in the south, the snow was heavier. In Louisiana, Baton Rouge saw 7.6 inches, New Orleans It saw 8 inches and Lake Charles saw at least 4.8 inches, with some areas up to 6 inches. Lafayette has seen 9 inches.
The last major snowfall in New Orleans was on New Year’s Day 1963, when 2.7 inches fell.
The 7.5 inches that fell in Mobile, Alabama, and 7.6 inches in Pensacola, Florida were all-time records.
Snow falls on Chartres Street in the French Quarter on January 21, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Snow was still falling Wednesday morning across the coastal Carolinas, Georgia and northern Florida.
About 5 inches have been reported so far in coastal parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina also reported seeing 3.8 inches, and it’s still snowing.
The snow is expected to end around 7 a.m. for the east coast, Charleston, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, last.
Rain will continue across the Florida peninsula into the afternoon, moving south and into Miami, with persistent showers expected through the afternoon and into the Florida peninsula on Thursday.
