The last time Houston hit the single digits was on December 23rd, 1989, just two days before Christmas: That freeze is long remembered for the amount of pipes that froze and broke in countless homes and businesses across the city. Many people were out of town for Christmas and came home to find their homes flooded from broken pipes.
That's water pipes.
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Here's a more comprehensive list: https://www.weather.gov/media/ewx/wxevents/ewx-18992000.pdf
That only goes up to 1999.
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