Frost/Freeze — Brooks, Texas

2025-01-21 to 2025-01-22 · Brooks, Texas

Event narrative

Falfurrias recorded temperatures at or below freezing for a total of 23.5 hours (between 12:35am to 10:55am on January 21, and from 7:55pm on January 21 to 8:55am on January 22). A Hard Freeze (temperatures below 28 degrees for 2 or more hours) was observed at Falfurrias between 10:15am on January 21 and 8:55am on January 22). Minimum temperatures fell to 20F degrees between 5:35am and 7:55am on January 22.

Wider weather episode

An Arctic Express with air that originated in Siberia and moved near the North Pole before surging south through northwest Canada and deep into the United States and northern Mexico January 20-22, 2025 resulted in widespread, in some cases record setting, cold temperatures across the Rio Grande Valley and Deep South Texas. This Arctic Cold Snap resulted in widespread sea turtle cold stunnings along the Lower Texas coast. Furthermore, light precipitation resulted in light accumulations of ice for all but the lower Valley (eastern Cameron and Willacy) during this time period.

Along the coast, a second sea turtle cold-stun event occurred in lower Laguna Madre Bay, with around 375 turtles affected - the most since the January 15-17, 2024, event.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1231759. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.