| | A notable "white Christmas" happened on Christmas Eve in 2004 along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, leaving snow on the ground the following Christmas Day in [[Brownsville]], [[Texas]] (the first recorded snowfall, other than air flurries, since 1899), [[Corpus Christi]] (5.2 inches, more snow than had been recorded at any time ''in all previous years combined''), and Victoria, Texas (a remarkable 13 inches, given that Victoria is a mere 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico). [[Houston]] and [[New Orleans]] also had snowfall on the ground. | | A notable "white Christmas" happened on Christmas Eve in 2004 along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, leaving snow on the ground the following Christmas Day in [[Brownsville]], [[Texas]] (the first recorded snowfall, other than air flurries, since 1899), [[Corpus Christi]] (5.2 inches, more snow than had been recorded at any time ''in all previous years combined''), and Victoria, Texas (a remarkable 13 inches, given that Victoria is a mere 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico). [[Houston]] and [[New Orleans]] also had snowfall on the ground. |