Written by Chris Martz, guest post on Mar 10, 2021. Posted in Latest news
A Closer Look At What Happened During The Texas Deep Freeze
Three weeks ago, a major cold snap and series of winter storms enveloped the southern plains and parts of the Mississippi River Valley, sending temperatures below zero as far south as central Texas.
According to NOAANCEI, a total of 8,632 daily record low temperatures — including both maximums and minimums — were set or tied from February 10-20, as opposed to only 262 daily warm records.¹
Additionally, a whopping 693 monthly record lows were set, 199 of which were all-time record lows.
According to the NOAA Weather Prediction Center, over 30% of all of the official weather stations in the United States set at least a record low maximum temperatures between February 14 and 16.
Without a doubt, this was the coldest 10-day period that this part of the country had experienced in over a century. The animation below conveys just how widespread the cold was between February 10 and 20 (Figure 1).²
https://climatechangedispatch.com/a-closer-look-at-what-happened-during-the-texas-deep-freeze/
