During the blizzard of 1899, the temperature tumbled to 10 degrees below zero in Waco and people ice-skated on the Brazos River.

Here's a list of Texas cities and the temperatures they reached in 1899:

• Amarillo: −16 °F (−26.7 °C) all-time record
• Austin: −1 °F (−18.3 °C) second-lowest ever
• Blanco: −6 °F (−21.1 °C) tied with January 31, 1949, for all-time record
• Brenham: 0 °F (−17.8 °C) all-time record for February
• Brownsville: 12 °F (−11.1 °C) all-time record
• College Station: 1 °F (−17.2 °C) all-time record for February
• Conroe: 6 °F (−14.4 °C) tied with February 2, 1951, for all-time record for February
• Corpus Christi: 11 °F (−11.7 °C) all-time record
• Crosbyton: −14 °F (−25.6 °C) all-time record
• Dallas & Fort Worth: −8 °F (−22.2 °C) all-time record
• Danevang: 3 °F (−16.1 °C) all-time record
• El Paso: 5 °F (−15.0 °C)
• Galveston: 8 °F (−13.3 °C) all-time record
• Hallettsville: 5 °F (−15.0 °C) tied with December 23, 1989, for all-time record
• Houston: 6 °F (−14.4 °C) second-lowest ever
• Laredo: not available
• Marshall: −9 °F (−22.8 °C) all-time record
• New Braunfels: 2 °F (−16.7 °C) tied with January 31, 1949, and December 23, 1989, for all-time record (as of December 19, 2017)
• San Antonio: 4 °F (−15.6 °C) second-lowest ever
• Temple: −4 °F (−20.0 °C) tied with December 23 and 24, 1989, for all-time record (as of November 8, 2003)
• Tulia: −23 °F (−30.6 °C) all-time record for Texas, which Seminole tied on February 8, 1933
• Tyler (Pounds Regional Airport): 0 °F (−17.8 °C) all-time record
• Waco -10 F, all-time record