January 2025 Gulf Coast snowstorm: record snow in Pensacola and Mobile

20–22 January 2025 · Northern Gulf Coast

On 21 January 2025 heavy snow fell along the northern Gulf Coast, with Winter Storm Warnings in force along the whole coast. Pensacola and Mobile broke snowfall records that had stood since 1895, and the next morning was among the coldest on record in Mobile.

What happened

  • Pensacola measured 8.9 inches, a new two-day record (previous 3.0 inches, 1895). [1]
  • Mobile measured 7.5 inches, a new two-day record (previous 6.0 inches, February 1895). [1]
  • The highest reports were 11.8 inches at Libertyville and Bradley, Alabama, and 10.0 inches at Century, Florida. [1]
  • Mobile fell to 6°F on 22 January, a daily record and tied for its third-coldest temperature on record. [1]

Deaths

No official death toll for this storm was found in NWS or NOAA summaries, so none is given here. News counts differ and are not repeated.

Power outages

The official summaries used here give no power outage count for this storm.

States named in the sources used here: Alabama, Florida.

Questions

When was the January 2025 Gulf Coast snowstorm?

20–22 January 2025, across: Northern Gulf Coast.

How many people died?

No official death toll for this storm was found in NWS or NOAA summaries, so this page does not give one. News counts differ and are not repeated here.

Sources

  1. NWS Mobile/Pensacola: "2025 Historic January Snowstorm"

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