North Texas Snowfall Events
1997-1937 | 1929-1924 | 1923-1919 | 1918-1915 | 1913-1906 | 1903-1879

• January 10-12 and 21-22, 1918 - Two strong January cold waves brought widespread below zero temperatures, and 3-6 inch snows. The cold killed tender vegetation over much of the state, and caused considerable loss of livestock. The first event began with a cold front on the 8th. A cold rain fell at Fort Worth during the day on the 10th, with a wind shift to the northwest late in the day. Snow began falling the evening of the 10th, ending during the early morning hours of the 11th. Windy conditions accompanied the snow, causing blizzard conditions in some areas. At Dallas and Fort Worth the wind gusted to 38 MPH. Based on the daily (melted) rainfall totals, and the monthly snowfall amounts, a band of 3-6 inch snow probably fell south of a Bonham to Cleburne to Coleman, and north of a Marble Falls to Waco to Palestine. Two inches of snow were reported at Fort Worth, and six inches at Dallas. Another band of 3-6 inch snow fell northwest of a Haskell-Wichita Falls line. The lows the morning of the 11th and 12th were near zero in many sections; at Fort Worth, the low of 4 degrees the morning of the 11th was a record for the date, while the 4 degree low the morning of the 12 was exceeded only in 1912 (1 degree). The second snow event began with a strong cold front on the 19th. Snow fell over the west and north sections the morning of the 21st, with 4-6 inches accumulating south of a Wichita Falls-Haskell line, and north of an Abilene-Fort Worth-Paris line. Lows the morning of the 22nd were again in the single digits over north Texas. At Fort Worth, the low of 6 degrees the morning 22nd was a record for the date.
• January 13-16, 1917- A strong cold front on the 12th ushered in a four-day period of cold temperatures and wintry precipitation. Temperatures fell below freezing at Fort Worth at 100 AM on the 13th, and did not get back above 32 degrees until 900 AM on the 17th (104 hours). At Waco, temperatures recovered back to 32 degrees on the 15th and 16th, but temperatures were at or below freezing the better part of four days 13th-17th. Between 3-7 inches of snow fell over much of the north and western sections the 14th-15th. Snow began at Fort Worth mid-morning on the 14th, with six inches on the ground at 700 PM. Snow continued until early morning on the 15th, with near eight inches reported at both Fort Worth and Weatherford. Between 3-7 inches were reported elsewhere north of a line through San Saba and Corsicana. At Waco, the precipitation fell as sleet, accumulating to 1/4 inch by the morning of the 15th; additional sleet and freezing rain fell intermittently on the 16th, causing the observer at Waco to remark "ice all over timber" (cooperative records).
• January 13-16, 1917 - A strong cold front on the 12th ushered in a four-day period of cold temperatures and wintry precipitation. Temperatures fell below freezing at Fort Worth at 100 AM on the 13th, and did not get back above 32 degrees until 900 AM on the 17th (104 hours). At Waco, temperatures recovered back to 32 degrees on the 15th and 16th, but temperatures were at or below freezing the better part of four days 13th-17th. Between 3-7 inches of snow fell over much of the north and western sections the 14th-15th. Snow began at Fort Worth mid-morning on the 14th, with six inches on the ground at 700 PM. Snow continued until early morning on the 15th, with near eight inches reported at both Fort Worth and Weatherford. Between 3-7 inches were reported elsewhere north of a line through San Saba and Corsicana. At Waco, the precipitation fell as sleet, accumulating to 1/4 inch by the morning of the 15th; additional sleet and freezing rain fell intermittently on the 16th, causing the observer at Waco to remark "ice all over timber" (cooperative records). Temperatures warmed above freezing at most places on the 17th, but snow remained on the ground at Fort Worth until the 19th. Sleet was also reported on the 22nd-23rd, but with only trace amounts.
• March 8-9, 1915 - Between 4-8 inches of snow were widespread March 8-9 over the area southwest of an Abilene-Temple line, extending into the Hill country. San Saba reported almost ten inches with this event. Between 1-3 inches fell elsewhere over the western sections of north Texas.
• January 17th, 23rd-24th, 1915 - The Texas Climate and Crop Summary reported widespread ice, sleet, and snow the 23rd-24th, but an examination of the daily precipitation totals suggest that not all the monthly snowfall totals came with this event. Fort Worth reported a brief flurry around midday on the 17th and the morning of the 24th, while Dallas reported light snow only the morning of the 24th (obs record). The coldest minimums of the month at Gatesville, Lampasas, Mexia, and San Saba came the morning of the 18th, suggesting that snow accumulated over the southern part of north Texas on the 17th. The best guess is that 1-2 inches accumulated south of a Longview-Corsicana-San Saba line with the event on the 17th, and generally less than an inch occurred over north Texas with the event the 23rd-24th. Amounts were heavier over the Hill Country with the last event, however; Fredericksburg and Junction reported eight inches of snow for the month, and the precipitation totals suggest that 4-6 inches of snow accumulated the 23rd-24th.