Last time we got snow

The last time New Orleans got measurable snow was in 2009, and it was a mere 0.1", the National Weather Service says.

• One to two inches fell on Dec. 11, 2008. Other snowfall totals of about half an inch were recorded in 1973, 1985, 1989 and 2004.
• See other snowfall events in the region.

The record: The highest total on record is 2.7", which was set on Dec. 31, 1963.

Flashback: 10 inches fell in Orleans Parish on Feb. 14, 1895, NOAA says. Sixteen inches fell elsewhere in South Louisiana.

Yes, but: NWS says records before 1950 become "increasingly unreliable."

Fun fact: New Orleans could end up with a snowier January than Minneapolis, the NWS says.

• The reliably frozen city has only had 1.7" of snow so far this month. Looks like their weather got lost and wound up in our yard.