January 21 snowfall one for the records

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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