Heavy Snow in Louisiana

Events

151

Deaths

7

Injuries

0

Damage

$2.5 million

• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, January 21, 20257 deaths · 36 eventsA historically significant snowfall event impacted southeast Louisiana beginning in the early morning hours of January 21st.
• Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Louisiana, January 16 to 17, 20184 deaths · 2 injured · 15 eventsA strong arctic cold front moved through southern Mississippi and southeast Louisiana during the afternoon hours of the 16th. The cold air behind the front changed the precipitation from rain to freezing rain and snow across portions of the area to the north of Interstate 10.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, February 11 to 12, 2010$1.8 million · 9 eventsHeavy snow affected a large portion of the region, especially locations across central and southern Mississippi, on Thursday night and Friday, February 11th and 12th.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, February 9, 2011$490,000 · 3 eventsWinter precipitation struck the ArkLaMiss again for the second time in about a week. A continued cold airmass remained in place over the region thanks to several rounds of cold air intrusions over the ArkLaMiss.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Louisiana, January 16, 2018$210,000 · 9 eventsAccumulating snow impacted the ArkLaMiss on January 16, 2018 with accumulations ranging from - 3 inches across much of the area.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, December 11, 200822 eventsA rare and widespread snowfall occurred across much of southeast and east central Louisiana, beginning early in the morning of December 11th and continuing until around the noon hour, as an unusually strong and cold upper level storm system moved across the region.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Louisiana, December 7 to 8, 201719 eventsLow Pressure over the Gulf of Mexico drove moisture over a very cold airmass to aid in the development of a band of heavy snow across portions of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. Numerous reports of 2 to 5 inches of snow was reported.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Louisiana, February 11 to 12, 201017 eventsA significant winter storm affected all of the four state region which began in the pre-dawn hours thursday, February 11th.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, February 11 to 12, 20109 eventsLow pressure over the Gulf of Mexico moved along the Louisiana coast during the night of February 11th. With high pressure over Arkansas providing the cold air, a band of snow developed over southeast Louisiana and southwest Mississippi.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, January 10 to 11, 20219 eventsAn upper level low pressure system moved across the region, while a surface low developed along the Gulf Coast and tracked east. Precipitation overspread the region, as temperatures were in the 30s.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Louisiana, January 21, 20256 eventsA significant winter storm impacted the Gulf Coast region with record breaking snow with totals as high as 5 to 10 inches. As a low pressure system moved across the northern Gulf, a swath of heavy snow fell over the region.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Louisiana, February 23 to 25, 2015$6,000 · 5 eventsMultiple rounds of wintry weather had occurred prior to this snowfall event. A cold front had moved through the region four days earlier on February 21st with a cold airmass in its wake.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Louisiana, December 8, 2017$10,000 · 5 eventsAn early season winter storm brought heavy snow to portions of Central and Northeast Louisiana during the morning of December 8th. The greatest totals of 4 to 5 inches were measured in Catahoula and Concordia Parishes, with totals tapering off to 1 inch around Interstate 20.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, January 28, 20143 eventsTemperatures on January 27th were in the upper 40s in the northwest Delta to mid 50s to low 60s in southeastern Mississippi. However, a large upper trough was diving southeast, bringing an arctic front toward the ArkLaMiss.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, December 4, 20092 eventsOn Friday December 4th, and for the second year in a row, an early December snow storm struck southern portions of the ArkLaMiss. This occurred as a strong upper level disturbance helped to induce a low pressure system over the northwest Gulf of Mexico.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, January 23 to 24, 20142 eventsA cold airmass moved down through the north central Plains to the mid Mississippi Valley into the ArklaMiss region.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, March 7, 20081 eventA strong upper level trough dropped south out of the plains and helped to evolve a surface low pressure system across the northern Gulf of Mexico which then intensified as it lifted into the southeast United States.
• Heavy Snow in Louisiana, January 16 to 17, 20131 eventVery cold air aloft associated with an upper low made the atmosphere more favorable for snow as we into the early morning hours of Thursday, January 17th.

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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.