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The San Antonio River froze for the first time since 1882, and some residents skated on the river, according to "Extreme American Weather" by Tim Vasquez. Some ice even formed in Galveston Bay.
There were water line breaks in many areas, and power disruptions affected water treatment plants in parts of the region that forced several cities—including Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Abilene, Austin, Killeen and Arlington, Texas; and Shreveport, Louisiana—to enact residential boil-water orders (i.e., to boil drinking water to kill ...
Freezing rain and sleet fell as far south as Austin and San Antonio on January 31. [7] [8] ... This page was last edited on 15 February 2025, at 05:20 (UTC).
Records more than a century old were broken: on February 16, daily record lows were broken in Oklahoma City (−14 °F [−26 °C], coldest since 1899 and the second-coldest on record), Dallas (−2 °F [−19 °C], coldest since 1930 and the second-coldest on record), Houston (13 °F [−11 °C], coldest since 1989), and San Antonio (12 °F ...
A major cold blast is in store for more than 30 states as a widespread arctic air outbreak will send nearly every American east of the Rockies into a deep freeze. This will be due to a polar ...
The first freeze in Dallas-Fort Worth over the last 10 years. Over the last decade, November has been the sweet spot for the first freeze of the season in North Texas: 2022-2023: 30 degrees on Nov. 20
The inclement weather caused many fire hydrants to be unusable in emergency situations. In one case, firefighters near the San Antonio area had to rely on water tenders to deliver between 2,000 and 3,000 gallons of water to the scene of a fire as the hydrant was unusable. [81] Plumbing in buildings throughout the state burst due to freezing.
The city could see up to 5 inches of snow starting Monday night, according to National Weather Service Houston, which warned of “freezing rain” and icy roads making for dangerous travel ...