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.
The National Weather Service just dropped updated snowfall totals, with Milton now up to 9.8 inches. This will be the final total and, if verified, may stand as the new Florida state record for snowfall. A previous record was 4 inches, also set in Milton in 1954.
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.
Parts of North Florida were blanketed by snow on Tuesday as a winter storm barreled through the South, resulting in the first-ever blizzard warning along parts of the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana.
There is a 30 percent chance of showers in Miami on Thursday, which will occur mainly between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. Eastern time. It will be mostly cloudy at night. Temperatures will range from about 71 to 51 degrees Fahrenheit.
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.
TALLAHASSEE-- The snowfall and sleet accompanying the North Florida winter storm is over. But extremely cold temperatures could cause roads and bridges to refreeze tonight. The National Weather Service has posted extreme cold warnings for 15 Florida counties,
Florida's capital city could be in line for a historic and thrilling snow day or a harrowing ice storm as a freak winter storm slides across the Gulf Coast. Forecasters say the Tallahassee could see as much as 2 to 4 inches of snow or a quarter inch of ice,
Milton saw 10 inches of snow - and Pensacola 8.9 - in a historic winter storm storm that shattered the previous 130-year record.
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.
There were 18,000 Florida homes without power as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the Governor’s Office. Some 20,000 have already been restored after losing power across the state during the storm. “Extreme Cold Warnings” remain in effect for most of the Panhandle through Thursday morning.