Snow in Las Vegas – yeah, that phrase doesn’t go together very well. Las Vegas is better known for its hot, often very hot weather and now this. 3.6 inches of snow fell in Las Vegas during rare snowstorm that engulfed the sin city on Wednesday and Thursday. It’s the most snow Las Vegas has seen since January 1979, when the city got covered with 7.5 inches of snow.

This type of sprinkle is not even considered snow here in Canada. But it’s always fun to see how areas of the world located in warmer climates deal with unusual snow falls. Vegas was just as anything else – paralyzed. The airport was closed, traffic was head over heels, people freaked out… Makes me laugh my ass off. But to ease it all up, it happens in Canada too. Province of Alberta, where I’m from is very cold and we get snowed a lot. After we’d dealt with cold weather and blizzards for months, Ontario gets a little sprinkle and it’s on national news cause the whole city of Toronto gets paralyzed. Fucking newbs

Anyway, after crazy snow storm on Wednesday, the it has cleared up in Las Vegas on Thursday but snow was still all over the place. The planes were landing again and people had the opportunity to snap pictures by the famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada” sign surrounded by white sheet of snow.

More pics from snowy Las Vegas below. All pics are copyright Getty Images.