Frost/Freeze — Kenedy, Texas

2017-01-07 · Kenedy, Texas

Event narrative

The Armstrong COOP site reported a low of 23 degrees and the COOP site in Sarita reported a low of 26 degrees.

Wider weather episode

For the first time in nearly 6 six years, the entire Valley and Deep South Texas ranchlands fell to at last 32 degrees. A deep surge of arctic air behind a cold front, allowed for clearing skies and very cold air to invade all of Deep South Texas, with temperatures falling to freezing or below across the entirety of the Rio Grande Valley and Ranchlands.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 677349. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.