It‘s just never not going to be a thing.
Snow in Austin, Texas, no matter how little, no matter how brown (or nonexistent) the next day, always feels a little special -- a gentle reminder that we‘re still allotted a few anomalous delights no matter how short-lived.
So, when snow flurries fell quietly throughout the city late Wednesday night, residents quickly took to social media to share in the awe.
One Twitter user admitted that he went so far as to having woken his kids up from a “dead sleep” so they could get a glimpse of the rare sight.
UT in the snow
she’s cute af pic.twitter.com/buDHQ1hNcN
Holy crap I’m exhausted from shoveling all that snow in Austin! pic.twitter.com/GQnaBZtdCJ
— Harold Cook (@HCookAustin) February 6, 2020SNOW IN AUSTIN
TODAY IS CANCELLED pic.twitter.com/l20fke5naO
So this happened last night. Just a tiny bit of snow but a RARE sight in the Austin area. pic.twitter.com/cMb6aMQOsJ
— Brian :: My ULT is KPop :: VoteBlueNoMatterWho (@bribrim) February 6, 2020Snow in Austin #Snowing #AustinSnow #TexasSnow pic.twitter.com/3nptmE2g9T
— TexasBr0 (@TexasBr0) February 6, 2020Last night’s snow in Austin, TX
: Jackson Grimm pic.twitter.com/ehlRSDq3uy
Snow in Austin makes this Northern boy happy. pic.twitter.com/aCnlBIGyrq
— Todd Swoope (@ToddSwoope) February 6, 2020Snow in Austin.
The high was 80 degrees yesterday.
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Snow in Austin pic.twitter.com/FrJzQcjj4b
— Patrick Nye (@pnyeguy) February 6, 2020I woke up to...what is this? Is this snow in Austin? Maybe #IndyCar needs to bring snow tires for testing at #COTA next week? It will probably be back to 80 degrees though pic.twitter.com/Jfa85KXz5c
— Mandy Curi (@MandyCTV) February 6, 2020A peaceful morning snow
Shot on iPhone 11 Pro Max
Edited in Lightroom iOS#apple #shotoniphone pic.twitter.com/uV921N3b5G
Snow?! In Austin?! What a time to be alive. pic.twitter.com/Qs4eOPD1xD
— Scott Delhommer (@s_delhommer) February 6, 2020The University of Texas at Austin should have snow more often ♥ pic.twitter.com/qmDSn9XCjU
— Colton Winters (@ColtonWinters_) February 6, 2020I woke up to SNOW in #Austin! It’s not a ton but I’ll take it! #atxwx pic.twitter.com/ZLLELhnzVR
— Rebecca Flores (@rebeccanicoleyt) February 6, 2020waking up to snow in Austin, TX pic.twitter.com/dwAEIrc866
— Youssef Chaker (@ychaker) February 6, 2020It doesn't often snow in AUSTIN TEXAS so when it does, you wake the kids up at 11 from a dead sleep and drag them out to see it lol pic.twitter.com/hCZFDaxxWW
— Bruisr (@Bruisr_) February 6, 2020Sometimes all it takes is a few flakes...
Check out our photographers‘ professional take on the flurries here, and keep up-to-date with all your Austin weather news here.