Three years ago, a winter weather event unfolded across parts of Texas, leaving a winter wonderland and great memories behind. Do you remember?       

What You Need To Know

  • Snow fell across parts of Central and South Texas on December 7-8, 2017

  • It was the earliest known Valley-wide measurable snow on record

  • Snow in Central and South Texas doesn't happen very often

The first week of December in 2017 brought both record warmth and record snowfall to parts of Central and South Texas. A strong cold front moved into Texas on Tuesday, December 5, 2017, and behind this much colder air, an upper-level disturbance moved in.

As temperatures fell to and below freezing, rain transitioned to a wintry mix, and eventually snow from the Hill Country to the Coastal Bend, late Thursday and Friday morning. 

This was the earliest known Valley-wide measurable snow on record, with the prior earliest being the White Christmas of 2004.

For Brownsville, it was only the second known measurable snow since 1895! The trace amount of snow on December 8 was enough for a daily snowfall record.

An inch of snow was recorded in Corpus Christi on December 8, which is also a daily snowfall record for the day. Another daily snowfall record the same day was set in Laredo, with 1.7 inches. 

For Austin, 1.9 inches of snow was the heaviest snow event in the city in 13 years, and also a new daily snowfall record. San Antonio saw their heaviest snow in 32 years with 1.9 inches recorded, another daily record. 

Some of the higher snow totals across the Hill Country ranged from 2 to 4 inches, but 4 to 6 inches fell across the South Texas Brush Country.

The heavy, wet snow ended up on all outdoor surfaces like trees, cacti, mesquite trees, windmills, etc. and made a beautiful, and rare wintry scene that only happens here only once or twice in a lifetime. 

Check out some viewer photos from the event!