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Photos: Chattanooga snowfall over the years

Gus Covert slides on icy pavement near the Signal Mountain Town Hall after winter storm Jonas swept across the Eastern United States on Saturday, January 23, 2016, in Signal Mountain, Tenn. While much of the East Coast received heavy snowfall, the Tennessee Valley was less effected. Gus Covert slides on icy pavement near the Signal Mountain Town Hall after winter storm Jonas swept across the Eastern United States on Saturday, January 23, 2016, in Signal Mountain, Tenn. While much of the East Coast received heavy snowfall, the Tennessee Valley was less effected.

By Times Free Press photographers December 10, 2019 1 min read

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Chattanooga snowfall over the years

Cadence, left, and Mary Bartel play in the snow at Miller Park Tuesday, February 9, 2016.

Feb 12, 2014--
The bread shelves at Buehler's Market are mostly empty Wednesday afternoon after snow in the area prompted extra bread sales. Owner Charles Morton says he has been in the business for 50 years, and the bread and milk sales have always increased in snow. Morton says they will have a fresh shipment of bread Thursday morning.

Steam from a rooftop air unit helps obstruct the view of the famous Dome Building in downtown Chattanooga as a burst of late afternoon snow covers the north side of the gold cap.

The rising sun lights the top of a snow-covered Lookout Mountain on Thursday morning following substantial overnight snowfall in Chattanooga.

Arden Beach plays in the snow with her father and friends on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Snow blanked the ground all over the city.

Snow collects in the beard of Chattanooga Parking Authority attendant Steven Reidinger as he walks along Georgia Avenue during afternoon snow flurries Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Pedestrians walk across the Walnut Street Bridge as snow accumulates on February 12, 2014.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 2/20/15. Vehicles drive carefully at the intersection of W. Aquarium Way and Chestnut Street as snow falls in downtown Chattanooga, on Friday, February 20, 2015.

Harrison Bostwick, right, brushes snow for the top of a crosswalk sign on Georgia Avenue at the Hamilton County Courthouse. Taylor Hartley, left, watches as Pixie, their dog, has other interests.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 2/9/16. Snow falls in the Chattanooga area on Tuesday, February 9, 2015.

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 2/26/15. Nathan Pillai and his wife Maria Pillai stack two huge snowball on top of each as their three-year-old son Samuel Pillai shapes the base in their Red Bank front yard Thursday morning, February 26, 2015. An overnight winter storm dumped over half of a foot of snow on the Tennessee Valley area.

Various file images from Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd/Chattanooga Times Free Press- A male cardinal perches among snow-covered brances while he waits his turn at a bird-feeder in East Brainerd.

With the mention of snow in the forecast, enjoy a photo gallery of past and present Times Free Press images of Chattanooga’s most feared and favorite weather events.