In Texas, El Paso International Airport picked up 8.1 inches of snow, exceeding that city's average annual snowfall of 5.5 inches. Lubbock had its snowiest December day on record, picking up 11 inches of snow on December 27. Parts of the Midland metropolitan area picked up 7 inches of snow...
But then, as predicted by computer models but defying climatological odds, the storm went on to bring snow to a wide swath of the Plains and Upper Midwest. Preliminary data indicates statewide snowfall records for the month of May may have been broken in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, all ...