Tuesday's snow largely melted Wednesday as temperatures climbed from the teens into the 40s. Highs in the lows 50s are forecasted for Thursday and Friday, with temperatures reaching the 60s this weekend,

Facing frigid wind chill values of 12 to 20 degrees across the region, Houston and much of Southeast Texas are under a cold weather advisory until 6 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Given that the coldest temperatures of this Texas freeze are expected before dawn on Wednesday,

For official record-keeping purposes for Houston, the National Weather Service uses snowfall amounts measured at Bush Intercontinental Airport, which received 1.2 inches Tuesday. Hobby Airport got 3 inches of snow.

Here's a look at snowfall totals from Tuesday's winter storm that blanketed Houston and parts Louisiana in multiple inches of the white stuff.

A rare winter storm churned across the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday, breaking snowfall records more than a century old in a southern region where flurries are unusual, as much of the United States remained in a dangerous deep freeze.