It’s not a big news story when it snows in Texas. Much of the Panhandle averages about a foot and a half of snow every year.
Cities farther to the south, like Abilene, Dallas, Waco, and Tyler usually get at least one wintry weather event every season. Most times, it’s a few inches of snow – more than enough for Texas drivers to display their inexperience on the roadways.
The Texas Record for the All-Time 24-Hour Snowfall
26 inches of snow in 24 hours, that’s the Texas record for the all-time 24-hour snowfall. It probably wouldn’t surprise you if some place like Amarillo laid claim to that.
Nope…try a town located 400 miles southeast of Amarillo. The north-central Texas town of Hillsboro holds the record for the one-day Texas snowfall of 26 inches.
On December 17, 1929, a strong cold front quickly dropped temperatures 40 degrees across much of the northern half of Texas. A few days later, a storm system moved in behind the front and dropped heavy snow squalls across the Texas Hill Country through the Waco area and eventually into northeast Texas…