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The 2004 Christmas Eve Snowstorm was an extremely rare Weather event that took place in Louisiana and Texas in the United States on December 24 , 2004 . The event involved a widespread Snow fall and unusually cold temperatures, and caused dozens of varied weather records to be shattered. What made it more unusual is that The North and Canada barely received any snow during this time. The most noticeable, and unusual, event associated with the storm was the snowfall it produced. Much of the snow fell in southern Texas , along the coast of the Gulf Of Mexico , but some snow, albeit less deep, fell across southwestern and southeastern Louisiana . Any snowfall in these areas is extremely unusual, perhaps occurring once every twenty years, and these events are usually airborne flurries which melt on contact with the ground. The fact that in many places the snow stuck to the ground and accumulated to an appreciable depth was nearly unthinkable. In Brownsville, Texas , snow fell to a depth of 1.5 inches (3.8 cm), the first measurable snowfall at the city in 105 years, since the Great Blizzard Of 1899 . The fact that the snow accumulated overnight on Christmas Eve led to a White Christmas the next morning, a common and hallowed occurrence in the northern parts of the United States , but something completely foreign to a region where the beaches play host to Palm trees. The city of Houston, Texas recorded the first White Christmas in its history. Across all of southern Texas and southwestern Louisiana, snow fell in places where it hadn't for anywhere from 15 to 120 years. In Corpus Christi, Texas , 5.2 inches (13.2 cm) of snow fell, more snow than had fallen in all previous years combined. This was also the case in Victoria, Texas , where an amazing 13.0 inches (33.0 cm) fell. In addition to the bizarre occurrences of snow inland, moderate to heavy snow was also reported over the open waters of the Gulf Of Mexico . Some snow totals:
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