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Louisiana transformed into a winter wonderland on Tuesday, Jan. 21, as several inches of snow blanket most of the state’s southern half during a historic winter storm.
Snowfall totals tied a 130-year-old record in New Orleans, measuring 10 inches, and hit extremely rare levels in most of the area’s other major cities.
Lake Charles likely saw the third highest snowfall total on record, according to the National Weather Service.
Though NWS forecasters are still collecting official snowfall counts, preliminary reports give a look at just how much snow fell in Louisiana on Jan. 21.
Lake Charles region unofficial reports for Jan. 21-22:
Grand Lake: 8 inches at 12:38 p.m. Tuesday
Morse: 8 inches at 6:26 p.m. Tuesday
Bridge City: 7.9 inches at 7 a.m. Wednesday
West Intracoastal City: 7.5 inches at 12 a.m. Wednesday
East northeast Grand Lake: 7.2 inches at 2 p.m. Tuesday
West northwest Johnson Bayou: 7 inches at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday
North Hayes: 7 inches at 9:20 a.m. Tuesday
East Westlake: 7 inches at 3:43 p.m. Tuesday
Hathaway: 6 inches at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday
South southwest Lake Charles: 6 inches at 10:55 a.m. Tuesday
South Lake Charles: 6 inches at 12:40 p.m. Tuesday
Southwest Lake Charles: 6 inches at 1:32 p.m. Tuesday
Sulphur: 5.7 inches at 7 a.m. Wednesday
East Sulphur: 5.6 inches at 11:48 a.m. Tuesday
South southwest Gillis: 5.5 inches at 12 p.m. Tuesday (official NWS observation)
Moss Bluff: 5.5 inches at 12:33 p.m. Tuesday
Iowa: 5 inches at 7 a.m. Wednesday
Grand Lake 4.5 inches at 8:35 a.m. Tuesday