Rare snowfall blanketed Orange Beach in Alabama. Footage shows the unusual winter spectacle, with the sandy shores covered in fresh ice on Tuesday,1. Reports have described the scene as 'history in the making'.

Many people who don’t normally get to experience snow found unique ways to enjoy the rare sight this week as a historic winter storm moved across the South.

A historic winter storm in south Alabama on Tuesday broke Mobile’s 130-year-old snowfall record and brought a rarely seen covering of snow to the beaches of Gulf Shores. But while it gave folks in Mobile an exceedingly uncommon opportunity to build snowmen,

It's been a while since it last snowed in Mobile, but snow is in the forecast for the city on Tuesday, and a winter storm watch is in effect. The photo above is from the Mobile office of the National Weather Service from a rare south Alabama snow in December of 1996. Joe Maniscalco/National Weather Service

This is the moment residents in Baldwin County, Alabama woke up to find Orange Beach blanketed in snow on January 21. Winter Storm Enzo dropped a record 10 inches of snow in some areas as temperatures plunged to 4°F in the region.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center is maintaining a Level 1 out of 5 risk for parts of south and east Alabama on Friday.

A hint of spring will be in the air across Alabama over the next week. The National Weather Service on Wednesday morning said warmer temperatures are in store for the state over the next week, and it could even begin to feel a little spring-like in some areas with a nice southerly breeze.

Night - Clear. Winds NNW. The overnight low will be 25 °F (-3.9 °C). Sunny with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C). Winds variable at 6 to 8 mph (9.7 to 12.9 kph). Mostly sunny today with a high of 58 ...

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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued freeze warnings across parts of Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana through Saturday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30°F are ...

Cloudy with a high of 58 °F (14.4 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). Night - Mostly clear. Winds variable at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 47 °F (8.3 °C). Mostly ...

(WSFA) - Sunday, Jan. 26, kicks off National School Choice Week ... and was sort of asking different questions from different people, Alabama Connections Academy came up, so I was thankful ...