Snow in Paradise

[Bobby Eddins]

Snow has closed the Mauna Kea Observatory. A bit rare I would think.
Here's a link to the story with a cool picture.
http://starbulletin.com/2006/01/24/news/story09.html

Here's a live webcam:
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/wxcam/1505...090/detail.html (http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/wxcam/1505090/detail.html)

[B Ozanne]

Snow has closed the Mauna Kea Observatory. A bit rare I would think.

Seems to me like it happens at least once a year. Or at least once every two years. You'll always end up seeing a picture of someone skiing in it too. Maybe not on 2 inches, but in drifts.

[Dick McGowan]

I believe Christmas Eve/Christmas day of 2004, South Padre Island, TX, (Where I'm originally from) had measurable snow. Somewhere around the 2-4 inches range. My uncle emailed me pictures of snow on palm trees. This was the first time, IIRC, the first time they received snow in over a century.

[Khristian Snyder]

i was reading that at times the peak can recieve several meters of snow a year..with it sometimes lasting into july. the peak is above 13,500 feet.