Another arctic front hit Freestone County on Saturday night, Jan. 18. Temperatures reached the mid 20s overnight. The wind chill reached the teens and even the single digits at times during the early part of the week..
All five schools, Fairfield ISD, Teague ISD, Wortham ISD, Dew ISD and Faith Academy of Freestone made the decision on Monday, Jan. 20, which was a scheduled holiday for MLK Day, to close on Tuesday, Jan. 21, as well due to the potential of inclement weather with precipitation in the forecast in addition to freezing temperatures.
A warming center was opened at the Fairfield Senior Center on Monday night, Jan. 20. Citizens were asked to bring a blanket, pillow, food, and any other items they may need to spend the night.
Although temperatures are predicted to be above freezing during the day, the forecast shows freezing temperatures at night through Thursday night, Jan. 23, for six consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Southeast Texas saw most of the wintry precipitation this time, with areas seeing up to 3 inches of snow and some areas even more. As of press time, Freestone County was showing on the edge of the radar for snow although earlier in the forecast, models were showing up to several inches of snow for Freestone County.
Freestone County also missed the wintry mix that was in North Texas on Thursday, Jan. 9. A few flurries did fall on Friday morning, Jan. 10.
