00:52 Vegas' First Accumulating Snow in Over 10 Years Las Vegas, Nevada sees the first accumulating snow in over 10 years.

At a Glance Snow fell in the Las Vegas Valley Wednesday night into Thursday.

It even accumulated on the valley floor, including the strip and McCarran Airport.

Measurable snow was last officially measured at McCarran Airport in December 2008.

Including Thursday, there have been five days with at least a trace of snow in Las Vegas this month. Accumulating snow fell on the Las Vegas strip for the first time in over a decade Wednesday night and Thursday, continuing an over two-week stretch of cold weather in the Desert Southwest.

According to the National Weather Service, 0.5 inch of snow was measured at McCarran International Airport Wednesday, the first time the city's official reporting site recorded measurable snowfall since Dec. 17, 2008, when they picked up 3.6 inches.

In records dating to 1948, it was only the 23rd time McCarran Airport had picked up at least 0.5 inch of snow in a day , and the second latest date the city picked up at least 0.5 inch of snow.

On the city's west side, 4 to 5 inches of snow had fallen through Wednesday night in Summerlin, and over 10 inches of snow had piled up on Mt. Charleston .

The snow prompted closure of highway 160 for a time Wednesday night between Las Vegas and Pahrump, but it was later opened after plows cleared the road.

This was the second time this week parts of Las Vegas saw snow.

A trace of snow was officially reported at McCarran International Airport late Sunday and again early Monday but other parts of the valley saw a dusting to an inch or two of snow.

An inch of snow was reported in Henderson Sunday night, southeast of downtown Las Vegas and 1 to 2 inches was reported in in the Summerlin area west of downtown according to reports from the National Weather Service (NWS).

The snow forced a closure of Interstate 15 on Monday morning from State Route 146 on the south end of the Last Vegas Valley to Primm on the California border , according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Las Vegas also recorded a trace of snow on Feb. 10.

McCarran International Airport has seen at least a trace of snow five days in February.

The last time the airport had snow on multiple days in February was 1987. Snow was once reported on as many as five days in February 1949 .

The wintry weather in Las Vegas this month was caused by upper-level disturbances moving through a cold southward plunge of the jet stream that has gripped the West. Wednesday marked the sixteenth consecutive day that temperatures were below average in the city.

Earlier this winter, snowflakes made a bizarre appearance with temperatures in the 50s on Dec. 27.

Prior to this winter, the last time a trace of snow was reported at McCarran International Airport was Christmas Day 2015.

McCarran Airport averages 0.3 inch of snow a year, including many years with just a trace of snow. Their snowiest month was January 1949, featuring three separate snowstorms dumping a total of 16.7 inches.