MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 21, 2026—An historic snowstorm transformed the northern Gulf Coast into a winter wonderland on this date last year.

Labeled as the “storm of the century” and the “2025 Gulf Coast Blizzard,” it was the most significant winter storm on the Gulf coast since 1895 and the first recorded blizzard for this area.

This snowstorm shattered longstanding snowfall records across the region, including the nearly 130-year-old snowfall records set during the February snowstorm of 1895.

Winter storm warnings spanned the entire Gulf Coast in advance of the snowstorm.

Satellite imagery from Jan. 22 shows the extent of the snowpack impacting parts of the Gulf coast and southeast.

Pensacola shattered its previous two-day snowfall record with 8.9 inches of measured snow. This far surpassed the prior two-day record of 3.0 inches set during the 1895 snowstorm. Holt saw more than 7.5 inches of snow.

Florida Highway Patrol closed Interstate 10 in Florida from the Alabama state line to exit 192 just west of Tallahassee.

Mobile Regional Airport also set a new two-day snowfall record with 7.5 inches of measured snow. This surpassed the previous two-day snowfall record of 6.0 inches that stood since the February snowstorm of 1895.

Snowfall amounts in Pensacola, Mobile and New Orleans were greater than those in Aberdeen and Sioux Falls, S.D.; Des Moines, Iowa; and North Platte and Omaha, Neb.

In addition to the snowfall, cold temperature records were also shattered. On Jan. 22, Mobile plunged to 6 degrees—thanks to the snowpack on the ground—breaking the daily low temperature record and tying for the third coldest low on record. This marked only the 11th time Mobile recorded a single-digit low temperature. 

Meanwhile, Pensacola dropped to 13 degrees breaking its daily low temperature record.

Staff and National Weather Service Mobile