2004 Gulf Coast Snowstorm/1900 Galveston Hurricane

[cajungal]

I have the book Isaac's Storm. Very interesting book. Do you know that the winter before the Great 1900 Hurricane hit,that is snowed in Galveston that winter? I found that very fasinating. They even had iceburg floating down the MS river and the sudden cold even killed some people in New Orleans at the Mardi Gras parade.

Well, you all know, that Texas (Galveston included) picked up a Christmas miracle this year. Record breaking snowfalls. Us here in southeast Louisiana also picked up an inch of accumalation on Christmas Day. First time any of us saw snow in 15 years.

And that Spring/Summer of 1900, was record breaking heat. Kind of like we are having now. I am not saying a big cane will hit TX/LA just because we are having very similar weather pattern like they had back then. But, I still found out it very interesting to say the least. Comments Welcome

[dhweather]

That is quite interesting - good points

[skysummit]

Hmmm.....that's pretty darn wierd. You got me thinking

[Roxy]

wierd. wonder if there is any correlation.

anyone?

[dhweather]

We'll know in six months or so.

[HurricaneGirl]

Holy Crap!! That's weird.

[cyclonaut]

It is interesting but have there been any other years besides 1900 when it has snowed in Galveston.

[GalvestonDuck]

The coldest winter on record for Galveston was 1983 -- before Alicia hit.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/climate/holidays/xmas.htm

[vbhoutex]

Cajungal, it looks like you may have found a close analog year, at least for this area, if the weather continues to verify. That indeed will make anyone think. A question would be if any of the other global factors we look at were also present in 1899-1900. I don't even know if there is a way to determine that.

[Yankeegirl]

Sheesh... Bring it on, I am ready!

[southerngale]

hmmm

[cyclonaut]

Well it snowed there in 1929 & the following season there were no hurricanes in Houston..It also snowed there in 89 & again there were no hurricanes the following season.It was very cold in 83 but Alicia had already visited months earlier so thats not gonna work.

I don't know but I dont see any connection there between snow in the Houston area & a hurricane the next season

[GalvestonDuck]

Well it snowed there in 1929 & the following season there were no hurricanes in Houston..It also snowed there in 89 & again there were no hurricanes the following season.It was very cold in 83 but Alicia had already visited months earlier so thats not gonna work.

I don't know but I dont see any connection there between snow in the Houston area & a hurricane the next season

Oh, duh... You're right...it was the Christmas of '83, which would have been after Alicia. For some reason my mind was thinking "winter" and January/February which tend to be colder than December...at least, from what I can tell from the past few years of living here.

Thanks for that correction!

[southerngale]

Actually, I think December 1989 was colder than 1983 anyway.

[KatDaddy]

D & C Storm Solutions in League will be installing storm panels Friday morning on my house. Not to alarm anyone but pretty much everything I have been researching and reading points to an active W GOM season with the Upper TX Coast being threatened this year. Most of it from independant studies like Jeffs and independant tropical forecasts. Of course no one knows for sure but as I keep saying its been 22 years since Alicia. The last time we were setting at 22 years since Carla, Alicia came visiting that year. Who really knows but I will be much more prepared than previous years for hurricane season.

http://www.dandcstormsolutions.com/

[dhweather]

Actually, I think December 1989 was colder than 1983 anyway.

No doubt, 89 was brutally cold.

[Skywatch_NC]

Actually, I think December 1989 was colder than 1983 anyway.

No doubt, 89 was brutally cold.

Was the year when NC's Outer Banks received a snowstorm!

[cyclonaut]

Actually, I think December 1989 was colder than 1983 anyway.

I got my info from the link above from NWS-Houston.One sentence says...

"The coldest Christmas in city history occurred in 1983 when the low temperature plummeted to 11 degrees".

[vbhoutex]

Actually, I think December 1989 was colder than 1983 anyway.

I got my info from the link above from NWS-Houston.One sentence says...

"The coldest Christmas in city history occurred in 1983 when the low temperature plummeted to 11 degrees".

Overall I believe that 1989 was colder, but indeed the coldest Christmas was in 1983. It plunged to 7º at my house and we had such fun in the attic thawing pipes!!!!NOT!!!!!

[cyclonaut]

Ouch!!!Thawing pipes on Christmas...

I would not argue that 89 was brutally cold.

Even down here in Miami for the 1st & only time in my lifetime there was a chance of flurries in the forecast for Christmas Eve.On Christmas Day the high temperature was 44 here in bright sunshine..