Are You Old Enough to Remember the Largest Recorded Snowfall in Lubbock?

Each year, Lubbock plays the guessing game of will it or will it not snow? Sometimes we get a boatload of nothin', while other years it's way more snow than we planned. But what's the largest amount of snowfall the Hub City received in just one day?

Prepare to coldly go where no one has gone before. Before you give me the cold shoulder with these winter puns, I want to apologize for being snow dramatic, but hey, I call 'em like icy 'em.

Let's Get this Snow on the Road!

Did you know that the earliest recorded day that Lubbock saw its first two inches of snow was as early as October? October 28, 1976, to be exact. We can go back even further to Christmas Day, 1946, when Lubbock saw its first two inches in the month of December.

The record for most snowfall in one day for Lubbock happens to be... February 20, 1961! While the rest of the world was focused on Cold War tensions and President John F. Kennedy's space race with Russia, Lubbock was busy shoveling and plowing a whopping 12.1 inches of snow!

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February 20, 1961 had Lubbock in third place with total snowfall. In fact, San Antonio had over 13 inches while El Paso, of all cities, took the number one spot at roughly 14.4 inches that day alone.

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We've seen the most amount of snowfall on one day, but how about in one season? This requires us to travel back to the winter of 1983. Do you remember this year? This was when the Hub City saw a total of 36.3 inches all season!

Can you imagine three feet of snow in your front yard... in West Texas? To some it's a nightmare, to others, a dream come true.

All in all, it's important that, no matter how much snow we see, we stay safe and we don't put ourselves or others at risk on the roads, no matter how cool you feel speeding by others on ice and slush.