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Happy Holidays from MVC + Snow in Ventura + Story Time at the Museum

by Community Contributor • December 24, 2020 • Comments Off

Snow Comes to

the West Coast

We wouldn’t put it past 2020 to give the central coast a snowstorm. Several Museum staff members have “Snow on the Beach” on their 2020 bingo cards. If you think that’s unlikely, you might be surprised to know that Ventura County’s coastal areas have seen snow several times in recent history.

The winter of 1948-1949 was a cold one and by January 8, 1949 the County suffered over $1 million in crop losses. There was a cold snap the first week of January that split the bark of citrus trees in Wheeler Canyon.

Port Hueneme in Snow. PN7717OS. January 11, 1949, I.N. Duggan.

The night of January 7, 1949, temperatures reached 23 degrees in Ojai and 25 degrees in Fillmore. It was also a dry winter, which hadn’t helped with the crops. On January 9, at 3 p.m., snow flurries began to fly in Oxnard.

Snow continued to fall on January 10 and was reported from Casitas Springs and Rancho Arnaz, to Nyeland Acres near El Rio. Snow blanketed the Santa Rosa Valley near Camarillo and the Avenue in Ventura was a winter wonderland. By January 11, the Oxnard Press Courier reported that the “whole county was blanketed with from two inches in Oxnard on up to 4 1/2 inches at the Oxnard Citrus Association in Port Hueneme.”

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Below, you’ll see a few photographs from iconic snow moments in Ventura County history.

Snow scene. View of the Avenue and ocean from Serra Cross. January 12, 1947.

Snow scene. Four people with snowman, Ventura. January 29, 1922.

Give the Gift of

MVC Membership!

Bob Cromwell (Education Manager) and family

Eric Knight (Development Director) and family

The Museum of Ventura County and Agriculture Museum family wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season and end to the 2020 year. This year has been unlike any other, and we’ve been fortunate to have this community to inspire – and be inspired by! — during these unprecedented times.

As we start 2021, we want to remind you that we are here for you, keeping our community connected through our online programming and activities. Visit www.VenturaMuseum.org for a variety of family-friendly games and puzzles, local history, videos, and more.

There’s still time for one last stocking stuffer… give the gift of MVC Membership and unlock a year of invitations to all of our exciting members-only digital programs, discounts on events, access to regional history and art, and much more. Sign-up, renew or give the gift MVC Membership

Tune-in this Sunday @ 11am for

Story Time at the Museum

Mark your calendars for this Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 11am? and tune-in for another episode of “Story Time at the Museum” with Museum Docent Alberta Word. Alberta will be reading “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” by Simms Taback.

If you missed last week’s episode of “Story Time at the Museum,” catch-up below and see MVC Exhibits Staff Member Robert Bermudez read “The Baby Blue Cat and the Dirty Dog Brothers,” a story from his personal childhood collection of books.