Arctic Blast Brings Snow to New Orleans, Gulf Coast

Areas of southern Louisiana and Mississippi were expected to receive moderate to heavy snowfall on Jan. 21.

A Mardi Gras tree looks out over a snow-covered neighborhood from retired Capt. Joseph Grace's house in New Orleans, La., on Jan. 21, 2025. Courtesy of Capt. Joseph Grace Ret.

Sam Grace, 31, beamed with excitement as his neighborhood outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana, became blanketed in a rare heavy layer of snow on Jan. 21.

The New Orleans native found himself caught in an arctic blast that brought several inches of accumulating snow to the streets of towns across the Deep South and Gulf Coast, including The Big Easy; Houston; Gulfport, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama; and Pensacola, Florida.