The Two Coldest Days in The History of Texas

We all remember Snowmageddon in 2021 across Texas. We were locked down under a blanket of ice and snow for a solid week. To make matters worse, the power went out for a couple of days with some going without for much longer.

As miserable as that week was for us, and with all the low temperature records that were set, Texas has seen colder days. Let's take a look at of those temperatures and the records that were set in Tyler and Longview in 2021.

Cold Blast of 1899

That year, a cold blast engulfed every state in the continental United States. In Texas, that cold blast was so brutal that there was a thin layer of ice that covered Galveston Bay.

For that Great Blizzard of 1899 in Texas, the coldest temperature officially recorded was 23 degrees BELOW zero in Tulia, south of Amarillo. That record was tied in 1933 when Seminole, southwest of Lubbock, reported a low of 23 degrees below zero.

There was an unofficial report of Wolf Creek, located between Huntsville and Livingston in Deep East Texas, reaching 30 degrees below zero during that cold blast of 1899 (valleycentral.com).

East Texas Low Temperature Records

During the Snowmageddon in 2021, Tyler set a low temperature record of six degrees below zero while Longview set a record of five degrees below zero (KETK). For other cities in Texas, that cold blast of 1899 is still their record low temperature while others set records in the 1900's that still stand.

Record Lows for Texas Cities (weather.gov)

• Abilene, 1947, 9 below zero
• Amarillo, 1899, 16 below zero
• Austin, 1949, 2 below zero
• Beaumont, 1906, 10 degrees
• Brownsville, 1899, 12 degrees
• Corpus Christi, 1899, 11 degrees
• Dallas/Fort Worth, 1899, 8 below zero
• Del Rio, 1989, 10 degrees
• El Paso, 1962, 8 below zero
• Galveston, 1899, 8 degrees
• Houston, 1930 and 1940, 5 degrees
• Lubbock, 1933, 17 below zero
• Midland/Odessa, 1985, 11 below zero
• San Angelo, 1989, 4 below zero
• San Antonio, 1949, 0 degrees
• Waco, 1899 and 1949, 5 below zero
• Wichita Falls, 1947, 12 below zero

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