A winter storm brought below-freezing temperatures and heavy snow to the southeastern United States in January 2025.
A winter storm brought below-freezing temperatures and heavy snow to the southeastern United States in January 2025. The storm dumped record snowfall on the region, prompting flight cancellations and the closure of more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) of Interstate 10, according to news reports.
Temperatures plunged into the single digits in southern Texas and Louisiana on January 22, when an arctic airmass met with a low-pressure system over the Gulf Coast. The airport in Baton Rouge recorded a temperature of 7 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 14 degrees Celsius), the lowest measured there in 95 years of record keeping.
Bands of winter weather brought blizzard conditions to southwestern Louisiana, a region unaccustomed to snow and ice. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles (50 to 65 kilometers) per hour accompanied the heavy snow and led to limited visibility. Several cities saw all-time records for snow totals on January 22, including New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola, Florida. About 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow fell in New Orleans and 5 inches (13 centimeters) in Pensacola.
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Photo Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview.
