The newspaper La Prensa highlighted on its front page "Cold Balance: Many Dead", while El Universal reported "Rescue of Hundreds Trapped by Snow". For 54 years, Mexico City had not witnessed a snowfall like that of January 1967. Since October 2024, with the arrival of cold fronts to the country before winter, a possible snowfall is expected, thus reviving the memory of the last snowfall in Mexico City and how it was recorded in the newspapers.
On January 11, 1967, the last snowfall covered Mexico City, being an event not seen for 57 years. The snow began two days earlier in the north of the country, accumulating up to 5 cm of snow on Paseo de la Reforma. The National Digital Newspaper Archive of Mexico reveals how the newspapers of the time recorded this meteorological phenomenon.
El Informador from Guadalajara reported, in addition to the unexpected snowfall, about the closure of seven highways due to snow accumulation. The snowfalls in the north and center of the country led to tragedies among the population. The snow finally reached the capital at two in the morning on Wednesday, January 11, reaching up to 8 cm in thickness in places like San Ángel, Chapultepec, and the capital Zócalo.
Iconic monuments such as the Palace of Fine Arts, the Diana the Huntress, and the Column of Independence were dressed in white, being photographed and remembered during the last snowfall that occurred in Mexico City on January 11, 1967.
