In Los Angeles, it snowed for the first time in 57 years

• In Los Angeles, it snowed for the first time

57 years

Thursday morning in Los Angeles County, all of a sudden it began to snow, which caused a strong reaction from the local people. Last seen snow there in 1962. People from all over the county - from Malibu, Thousand Oaks, Northridge to Eagle Rock, Santa Clarita and Pasadena, reported snowing. Social networks immediately flooded with photos and videos with such unusual for Los Angeles event.

In Los Angeles, it snowed for the first time in 57 years

Forecasters from the National Weather Service reported that the cold weather moving through the region and can cause snow at an altitude of 450 meters above sea level.

As of 1250hrs, snow is falling at the 1500 'level in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu, CA. Roads will be slippery. Please drive safely! #LAweather @NWSLosAngeles @CHPWestValley @ CaltransDist7 pic.twitter.com/jrgxlGg4Vr

- LACoFireAirOps (@LACoFireAirOps) February 21, 2019

Snowing in Calabasas! @RebeccaRomijn pic.twitter.com/GhoSVZc5WE

- Jerry O'Connell (@MrJerryOC) February 21, 2019

The actor Jerry O'Connell surprised snow.

"Right now it's snowing in Calabasas. Okay. In Calabasas, California, home to the Kardashian family, which used to live Jordin - snowing. Madness".

It's #SNOWING in #NELA #LASnow #HighlandPark pic.twitter.com/KHjbj8gCSG

- Gor-Jess (@SenoritaJess) February 21, 2019

Snow in Highland Park.

YALL ITS SNOWING LOS ANGELES pic.twitter.com/3vG5prSWJu

- Donny (@TubularDanna) February 21, 2019

I think I was a little too excited ... I stopped my car and got out lmfao #LASnow pic.twitter.com/dURVD9cimr

- Alexis (@_leexxxiii_) February 21, 2019

In addition to the surprise of snow, the inhabitants of Los Angeles could not understand how all this is possible because the temperature outside was above 10 degrees Celsius.

Kristen Stewart, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Oxnard, said that this can be explained in two ways. Or snow is falling too quickly and does not have time to melt and turn into rain, or it falls through the very thin layer of the positive temperature. Or there and then, and more.

We just saw #snow at The Huntington! And it's not the first time we've seen snow in L.A. In January 1949, we received enough snowfall for Huntington employees to build a snowman.❄️☃️ https://t.co/UtA6ZgsFnV #LAsnow #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/DSxldIIQrY

- The Huntington (@TheHuntington) February 21, 2019

The last time in Los Angeles County have seen the snow in January 1962, but he quickly melted.

Ok ok, in case there's any doubt here's proof that we actually did build a snowman in 1949 and it was glorious. https://t.co/s2ekD1VcMQ pic.twitter.com/fJK2uygoao

- The Huntington (@TheHuntington) February 21, 2019

In 1949 he was already a significant snowfall in some areas, residents were even able to sculpt a snowman.