The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5 to 12 inches through Tuesday evening. Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a State of Emergency in Florida on Monday afternoon in anticipation of what some meteorologists warn could be the storm of the century.
Writing this forecast as a snow lover feels like I’m writing weather fanfic, but the reality may be ones for the records books.
Snow in the Sunshine State doesn't happen very often. But it did. And here are the photos from Pensacola to Yulee to prove it.
Some areas in Florida could see "significant" snowfall starting today after the rare combination of freezing temperatures and moisture come together.
A potentially historic winter storm is heading to Florida. It promises to bring a significant coat of snow and ice, which will cause power and road issues. Here's your forecast.
Here’s where snow fell in Florida, how much snow the Sunshine State got this week and what the coldest day in Florida history was.
The major winter storm moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and the eastern Carolinas. The precipitation hitting parts of the Deep South came as a blast of arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.
“I’m so glad I’m so much farther south. I moved to Florida to get away from the snow!” commented Jennifer Saxon Halam on his post. According to her Facebook, she lives in Englewood on Florida’s west coast about 88 miles south of Tampa. But just wait: Weather Underground forecasts a low of 38 there next Saturday morning.
Clouds and light rainfall were expected Thursday into Friday in South Florida from the frontal system lingering just offshore over the Atlantic, said Robert Molleda, the National Weather Service in Miami’s weather coordination meteorologist. That front will move east on Friday as the colder air swoops in.
Amid below-freezing temperatures and a winter storm, Alachua County animal rescues worked to ensure their furry residents kept warm.
Not even the most seasoned Floridians anticipated the magnitude of the epic snowstorm that shattered Florida’s snow records last week.