Heavy Snow, Davis / Apache Mountains Area
- When
- January 2, 5:30 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davis / Apache Mountains Area forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Texas, January 2, 1996
Up to 6 inches of snow fell at some of the ranches in the Davis Mountains with 2-3 inches being reported in the city of Fort Davis.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
Up to 6 inches of snow fell at some of the ranches in the Davis Mountains with 2-3 inches being reported in the city of Fort Davis.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Kansas, January 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Indiana, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Winter Storm in Indiana, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, January 2, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 2 to 3, 1996
- Tornado in South Carolina, January 2, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5552824.