Snow Day and Some Fun LV Snow Facts!

Yes you read that correctly, a Snow Day! Crazy is the only word I can think of to describe it! I have never seen this much snow in Las Vegas! It started snowing here at our house around 11:30am and snowed the whole day...turning into rain around 5:30pm. There is still snow on the ground in our backyard! I tried to get the kids to go out and play in it...but they said it was too cold. :) Around 6pm they decided that they wanted to build a snowman but it had started to rain and they didn't want to get wet! Since Logan is home from school again, (yesterday there was no school for parent teacher conferences) we have looked up some Las Vegas winter/snow facts. Enjoy!


*McCarran Airport is the official recording station for weather in the LV Valley. Yesterday they recorded 3.6 inches of snow, setting the record for the most snow ever in December since the beginning of official records in 1937! (Henderson reported 8plus inches of snow!)

*Measurable snow has only fallen in December 4 other times since 1937!
2 inches on 12-15-67
0.4 inches on 12-5-72
1 inch on 12-6-98
1.3 inches 12-30-03

*Wondering why flights were canceled in and out of LV? Yes, because of weather conditions and poor visibility, but McCarran Airport does not have any snow removal equipment!

*This is the first snow day for Clark County students since January 1979 when a single storm dropped 9 inches of snow!