It is a bit unusual to get much snow in San Antonio because we are considered to be in South Central Texas and pretty much out of the snow range. Over the many years, we sometimes get a slight dusting or a very light snow. However, I can tell you that it has snowed even further south of here, down in Cuero, in past years, which is just about 50 miles from the Gulf Coast. My son lives there and his wife just sent me pix of the snow they have there. Many years ago, friends from "Down Under" were visiting with us and they wanted to make a trip to the Gulf Coast. I told them that in the middle of Winter, that would not be the best time to go there, but they did. When they came back, they said it was so cold, that the fish were washing up off the Gulf onto the sand frozen!
My daughter lives north of my city in the Hill Country and she said it has been snowing heavily there since 3:30 this afternoon. It was still snowing heavily here, big fluffy snowflakes until about an hour or so ago.
The last big snow we had was back in 1985, and at that time Johnny Carson was the nightly host of the Tonight Show on NBC here. On his last show of the week, Friday night, January 11th, 1985, one of his guests asked him if he would ever get married again, after his recent divorce. He said, "It will be a snowy day in San Antonio, if I ever get married again!" On Monday night before he started his show, he said he wanted to comment on something that he had said last Friday night. He re-counted what he was asked about ever marrying again. He said, "Well, I want to tell you that San Antonio had 14 inches of snow last night!" (actually 13.5"). And he did get married again some time later... lol.. Here is a video of that record snowfall of 1985.. When I opened my front door this evening, I could hear and see kids playing in the snow, and for some of them, it had to be the first time they had ever seen snow in their lives!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-hpfj03--s
Here are some pix of San Antonio and Cuero snowfall tonight...
The earlier ones here, then at 11pm, followed by several from Cuero, down close to the coast.
My daughter lives north of my city in the Hill Country and she said it has been snowing heavily there since 3:30 this afternoon. It was still snowing heavily here, big fluffy snowflakes until about an hour or so ago.
The last big snow we had was back in 1985, and at that time Johnny Carson was the nightly host of the Tonight Show on NBC here. On his last show of the week, Friday night, January 11th, 1985, one of his guests asked him if he would ever get married again, after his recent divorce. He said, "It will be a snowy day in San Antonio, if I ever get married again!" On Monday night before he started his show, he said he wanted to comment on something that he had said last Friday night. He re-counted what he was asked about ever marrying again. He said, "Well, I want to tell you that San Antonio had 14 inches of snow last night!" (actually 13.5"). And he did get married again some time later... lol.. Here is a video of that record snowfall of 1985.. When I opened my front door this evening, I could hear and see kids playing in the snow, and for some of them, it had to be the first time they had ever seen snow in their lives!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-hpfj03--s
Here are some pix of San Antonio and Cuero snowfall tonight...
The earlier ones here, then at 11pm, followed by several from Cuero, down close to the coast.
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