Does it snow in Mobile? (area, hurricanes, outside)

[Dixie Princess]

In my 42 years there it only snowed 4 times...................

[enide2]

Originally Posted by breer23

In the 3 years we lived there, we got snow once - a few flurries for about 15-20 minutes one evening.

It does get below freezing at night for a few nights between December & February, which is a concern for plants, but usually it is not much of a hard freeze, so driving conditions (other than some of the drivers themselves) usually aren't affected. The lowest I recall it reaching was one January night where the low was 24 deg. F.

I've wondered about this. In Atlanta it snows almost every year for 2 days in late December. The whole metropolitan area shuts down for a day or two (except essential companies & personnel of course). Which for the kids (and some employees) = at least 2 free days at home. Does Mobile shut down like this at all?

[midtownruth]

Well, kids here get Hurricane days instead of snow days.

[Azalea City Man]

You can usually count on a hurricane shutting down Mobile each year for one-two days in a good year or three-four days in a bad year. It never really snows, and in the 8 or 9 year cycle that it actually does, it is not nearly enough to cause any kind of stand-still operation wise.

[SARALANDGIRL]

Does anyone remember it snowed here in 1996? December 1996.
It was march 1993 when it had snowed before that

[humacaena]

Heck, it snowed in Miami yesterday.... It snowed in a few places in Central Florida also. These are very rare occurrences...and cannot be predicted. It's like hurricanes...they predict a number of them coming, and have not had any come this way in a few years. This nasty cold weather we are having is unusual, and has damaged plants and who knows how many broken pipes once it thaws. Snow would have been better....LOL!!!

[southernnaturelover]

I went to a Marvin's store yesterday to get some PVC pipe for one of my rentals and they were sold out. It seems everybody has busted pipes whether they were insulated or not.

[WanderingImport]

I vaguely remember the snow event in 1988. I was 3 years old and it was my first snow. Good times.

[WAYNEYPOOH]

In February, 1973, we had 5" of snow here in Mobile. I still have a picture of it with the date written on the windshield of my old truck

[midtownruth]

Our pipes are still ok, but a friend of mine in Fairhope had hers burst and is now without water. Many plants have died, too.