Sunday, October 21, 2001

22 No snow

A White Christmas may be a nice place to visit, but it's a big reason why people who live here, live here
   Winter, Per Se
  

Last time it "snowed": Dec. 12, 1997; trace
  

Last measurable snow: Feb. 9, 1973; 1.3 inches
  

Biggest recorded snowfall: 5 inches, Jan. 29, 1897
  

Total recorded snowfalls: 24 days with measurable snow; 67 days with all types of snow since 1887 (including trace amounts and flurries). Snowfall in Corpus Christi tends to happen once every two years (including trace amounts and flurries).
  

Earliest recorded freeze: Oct. 30, 1993. The city saw flurries, but no accumulated snowfall. Temperatures dropped to 28 degrees.
  

Lowest low: 11 degrees, Feb. 12, 1899.
  

Average monthly temperatures: October, 73.9 degrees; November, 65.7 degrees; December, 58.3 degrees; January, 55.1 degrees; and February, 58.5 degrees
   Non-white ChristmasES
  

Average Christmas temperature: 66 degrees
  

Hottest Christmas: 89 degrees, Dec. 25, 1964
  

Coldest Christmas: 14 degrees, Dec. 25, 1983
   Source: National Weather Service; meteorologist Mark Lenz and Caller-Times Information Services
   WINTER TEXANS
  

Total visits to Corpus Christi: 120,000 a year
  

Origin: Most are from Oklahoma, Michigan, and Illinois.
  

Average stay: 14.3 days a year
  

Average expenditure: $60.50 per day
  

Recreational habits: Play golf three times as much, hunt and fish twice as much as other visitors.
   Source: Texas Department of Economic Development (Tourism Division)
   Winter Visitor Counts
   November December January February
   1997: 5,681 5,855 7,643 10,595
   1998: 5,381 6,597 8,873 10,239
   1999: 8,311 7,452 12,230 15,022
   2000: 7,194 6,476 11,769 16,545
   Source: Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Burea
  
  

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