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An Icy Start to the New Year
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Kim Macik-Jobb sent us this photo of the ice at her home in La Grange. La Grange received just enough freezing rain overnight Sunday to recognize the New Year ‘24 in her yard Monday. -
Amanda Hart sent us this photo of Raynee and Saydee Hart trying to break the ice covering a water trough.
The coldest extended period of weather Fayette County has seen in two years wrapped this area in its icy grip for four days this week.
Accordingly, Fayette County folks hunkered down with school, city and county departments closing as well as many businesses, but freezing precipitation was kept to a minimum.
Here’s a look at some of the temperature data from the cold snap, according to LCRA’s weather station just outside La Grange: Sunday’s Low: 22 Monday’s Low: 19 Tuesday’s low: 19 Wednesday’s low: 14
• It stayed below freezing from 6:55 a.m. Sunday through 10:15 a.m. Wednesday with the exception of a short period of time Tuesday afternoon when it climbed to 33 just before nightfall when the temperature dropped below freezing rapidly again.