The Big Freeze

Not the ongoing snow/sleet/rain/cold event, but the Big Freeze of 1899:

“On this day in 1899, Tulia, Texas [south of Happy, “the town without a frown” in the Panhandle], reported the coldest temperature ever recorded in the state–minus 23 degrees Fahrenheit. This was part of the ‘Big Freeze,’ an infamous norther that killed 40,000 cattle across the state overnight.”