PHOTOS: February 2021 Arctic blast
Images from Houston, Mo., and the surrounding area during the winter weather outbreak of Feb. 13-16, 2021.
Brushy Creek flows through a wintry landscape Thursday morning next to Walnut Street in Houston.
City of Houston workers remove snow from Main Street early Tuesday morning. The truckloads of white stuff were dumped on city property behind the post office.
With the temperature at minus 1 and snow falling hard, Grand Avenue in donwtown Houston is all but deserted late Monday morning.
A City of Houston truck clears snow from Walnut Street at First Street as snow continues to fall late Monday morning.
A City of Houston truck clears snow from First Street as snow continues to fall late Monday morning.
Huge icycles protrude from Dogs Bluff above the frozen Big Piney River Monday morning west of Houston.
City of Houston public grounds supervisor Bill Ramsey uses a skidsteer to clear snow from Grand Avenue Monday morning.
Snow covers the baseball diamond Thursday morning at Houston High School's Tiger Field.
Snow blankets the football field and grandstands Thursday morning at Houston High School's Tiger Stadium.
The flag on a snow-covered green blows in a cold winter wind last Thursday morning at Houston Municipal Golf course.
With the sun shining brightly, a yard pelican stands watch in a snowy environment Tuesday morning.
With snow glistening in the sun on Tuesday morning, a yard turtle peers out from a thick layer of snow.
Snow and ice covers the Big Piney River underneath the bridge at Dogs Bluff west of Houston.
With snow still coming down hard late Monday morning, compact snow and ice covers Highway 17 west of Houston.
A large icicle hangs from a deck handrail Wednesday morning.
A City of Houston truck clears snow from First Street as snow continues to fall late Monday morning.
Frozen over by frigid temperatures lasting several days, the Big Piney River, center, is a white in the area of McKinney Eddy and Tweed's Bottoms west of Houston.
Huge icycles protrude from Dogs Bluff above the frozen Big Piney River Monday morning west of Houston.
Huge icycles protrude from Dogs Bluff above the frozen Big Piney River Monday morning west of Houston.
Following another round of significant snowfall, traffic was light on U.S. 63 Wednesday morning in Houston.
City of Houston public grounds supervisor Bill Ramsey uses a skidsteer to clear snow from Grand Avenue Monday morning.
With snow still falling steadily, large piles of the white stuff created by City of Houston workers clearing roadways lie at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Main Street Monday afternoon in downtown Houston.
The view from Westwood Drive Wednesday morning looking toward Rutherford Park, right, the south end of the runway at Houston Memorial Airport and the City of Houston's residential grid.
City of Houston crews were busy clearing roadways Monday and Tuesday, but cold temperatures allowed a layer of compact snow and ice to remain on surfaces – like here on Bryan Street early Tuesday morning.
The sun came out Tuesday morning.
Scotty (the Scottie) loves snow.
City of Houston workers clear snow from Walnut Street Thursday morning adjacent to the Houston Rural Fire Department station.
Doug Davison
Doug Davison is a writer, photographer and newsroom assistant for the Houston Herald. Email him at ddavison@houstonherald.com.
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