A historic storm dumped several inches of snow across the southern U.S., shattering decades-old records

All-time snowfall records were preliminarily set at weather stations in cities across the South , from Louisiana to Florida .

Eight inches of snow fell in New Orleans and more than seven inches in Pensacola , Florida , shattering decades-old records.

“The south has received fresh snowpack from a historic storm while areas in the Midwest remain bare. In the Northeast , we continue to hang onto our snowpack thanks to below freezing conditions for most of January .”.