New Orleans throws an excellent Mardi Gras celebration, but so do Mobile, Alabama, Rio de Janeiro, and Tenerife. Visit them for a new take on Fat Tuesday fun.

At Mobile Regional Airport, 6.2 inches (15.7 centimeters) was recorded, breaking the city’s one-day snowfall record of 5 inches (12.7 centimeters) from Jan. 24, 1881, the weather service said. There ...