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There are different snow reporting sites within New Orleans, but the oldest records from a sub-station that's no longer in service reported 10 inches of snow in 1895, and 14.4 inches in 1909.
New Orleans shattered its one-day snow total record by noon when Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport recorded 8 inches of snow. The new record breaks the Dec. 31, 1963 record of 2.7 ...
Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1895. 1895: As part of the Great Freeze, large snow storm spanning from Texas to Alabama left New Orleans with approximately 8.2 inches (21 cm) of snow, Lake Charles with 22 inches (56 cm) of snow, and Rayne with 24 inches (61 cm) of snow.
If accumulation exceeds 2.7 inches in New Orleans, it will be the most snow the city has seen since December 1963. The city’s biggest snowstorm on record was in February 1895, with 8 inches of ...
With more than 9 inches (23 centimeters) of snow in parts of the city Tuesday, New Orleans has far surpassed its record — 2.7 inches (6.8 centimeters) on Dec. 31, 1963 — according to the National Weather Service. There were unofficial reports of 10 inches (26 centimeters) of snow in New Orleans in 1895, NWS meteorologist Christopher Bannan ...
The nuns at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic School near New Orleans encouraged their students last week to pray for the snow day they received Tuesday, the Rev. Tim Hedrick said. The priest said he invited the nuns to make snow angels, and they challenged him to a snowball fight that has since received tens of thousands of views on social media.
- New Orleans (8 inches): Biggest snowstorm in modern history (since 1948), and the snowiest day for the city in over 100 years. Old record: 2.7 inches. ... New all-time 1- and 2-day snow records ...
New Orleans is known for specialties including beignets (locally pronounced like "ben-yays"), square-shaped fried dough that could be called "French doughnuts" (served with café au lait made with a blend of coffee and chicory rather than only coffee); and po' boy [231] and Italian muffuletta sandwiches; Gulf oysters on the half-shell, fried ...