Winter Weather in Yoakum, Texas

A powerful storm system dropped out of the southern Rockies on the 24th. This system strengthened over northern Chihuahua on the 25th, then ejected northeastward across the Permian Basin and into North Texas on the 26th. The bulk of the precipitation in the morning of the 25th was focused across the Permian Basin though steady rain did edge northward into the southern South Plains and Rolling Plains. The rain mixed with sleet and snow at times across parts of the Caprock as temperatures hovered in the middle 30s. The precipitation did fully change to snow at times across the western and southwestern South Plains, where light accumulations occurred.

Total snow accumulations from National Weather Service cooperative weather observers:

2.0 inches at Levelland (Hockley County),

1.5 inches at Plains (Yoakum County), and

1.0 inch at Denver City (Yoakum County).