“I’m originally from Texas but I was in New Orleans on New Years Day for the Sugar Bowl in 1964 when it snowed......Evidently, it had last snowed in New Orleans sometime in the 18880s.”
I remembered that it also snowed here on February 12, 1958 when I was in grade school. I remember this for several reasons not the least of which is that my father and I made a few sad snowmen on our back patio and my mother took pictures of our finished products. My father died in July of 1958 so I was glad that I had that fun memory of him on that rare snow day.
It took me a while to find a reference to that snow, but I was finally successful. It’s mentioned on the last paragraph.
http://www.weatherbyday.com/louisiana/new-orleans/february-new-orleans-weather.html
That’s a good memory of your dad. Here’s a picture someone took on New Years in New Orleans Jan. 1, 1964.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/patpeeve/2260291863/
The Sugar Bowl game that year was not that exciting, Alabama beat Ole Miss, 12-7. Joe Namath had been suspended and did not play for Alabama in the latter part of the ‘63 season or the score might have been higher. What I remember best (although somewhat hazy) was the New Year’s Eve on Bourbon St. A lot of good music and more drunks than I ever seen before or since. :)