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The snow that came to Lower Alabama on Tuesday, Jan. 21 was clearly historic for an area that is not used to seeing any snow at all.

According to the National Weather Service, as much as 11 inches were recorded in Alabama while the City of Mobile broke a 130-year-old snowfall record.

So, what other areas got the most snow + how did this week’s snowfall compare to previous winter weather events in Alabama? Keep reading to find out.

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Snow in Alabama

Winter Storm Enzo was highly anticipated from Texas to Florida as the country’s coastline prepared for heavy snow.

We saw plenty of snow at Alabama beaches including Gulf Shores and Orange Beach but areas a little further north into the Black Belt and the Wiregrass.

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Here are some notable areas from the southern half of the state + how much snowfall they got:

Babbie (Covington County): 11 in.
Foley: 10 in.
Spanish Fort: 9.5 in.
Orange Beach: 9 in.
Gulf Shores: 8.8 in.
Brewton: 8.5 in.
Mobile: 8 in.
Enterprise: 8 in.
Daphne: 7.3 in.
Dothan: 6 in.
Troy: 5.5 in.
Eufaula: 5 in.
Opelika: 2.3 in.
Monroeville: 2 in.
Montgomery: 1.9 in.

Many totals surpassed the highest recordings from the snow that impacted north Alabama earlier this month. But how do these numbers compare to the biggest snow events our state has ever seen?

Alabama’s snow history

Here’s how Winter Storm 2025 compares to recent snow events

When people talk about snow in Alabama, the blizzard of 1993 is always the first thing that comes to mind. That March storm brought a record 20 inches of snow (recorded in Gadsden) with several other locations recording at least 15 inches.

While that storm impacted almost every county in the state, the highest totals came mostly in northern Alabama. That’s why this week’s storm is still considered historic.

According to the National Weather Service, the City of Mobile has now seen at least three inches of snow 11 times since 1895. Prior to Tuesday, the last time the city had that much snowfall was 1963.

While the 11 inches recorded in Babbie is significant for Lower Alabama, it still remains outside the top 10 of biggest totals ever recorded in the state. That list includes:

20 inches in Gadsden (1993)
19.2 inches in Florence (1964)
18.5 inches in Reform (1940)
16 inches in Blount County (1993)
16 inches in Moulton (1960)
15.8 inches in Crenshaw County (1973)
15.8 inches in Jasper (1940)
15.7 inches in Madison (1963)
15 inches in Bibb County (1993)
15 inches in Franklin County (1964)

One thing most of those locations all have in common is being in the northern half of the state. Except for one.

The 1973 storm that put Crenshaw County on that list was the last time Lower Alabama saw a snow like the one they got Tuesday. Some of the other snowfall totals from that day included:

Highland Home: 15.8
Union Springs: 13
Troy: 11
Abbeville: 10
Elba: 9
Opelika: 8.6
Eufaula: 8
Enterprise: 7
Brewton: 6
Bay Minette: 4.5
Mobile: 3.6
Montgomery: 3.1
Robertsdale: 3

One snowfall in more recent memory impacted parts of Lower Alabama in 2017. Spots in northern Baldwin County up through Escambia and Conecuh counties registered up to 2 inches of snow while most of the Wiregrass saw about half-an-inch to an inch of snow.