Snow. In Florida. Yes, really! Early on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, around 2 a.m., snow surprised everyone. From snowflakes on Pensacola Beach to 10 inches of snow in Milton, Floridians woke up to something they’d never expect—snow everywhere!

Snow totals are still being reported across Florida, but as of Wednesday morning, it appears Pensacola has broken the snow record for the state.

City of Pensacola Sanitation Services will begin garbage collection at 10 a.m. Friday and continue throughout Saturday. Residents are asked to place trash cans at the curb by 9 a.m. Friday.

Florida webcams show latest conditions, with snow accumulating along some highways, especially I-10 near Pensacola.

“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.

The "historic snowstorm" is expected to "spread dangerous snow and ice along I-10 from central Texas to northern Florida," according to AccuWeather.

Who says it does not snow in Florida? Folks in northern Florida are enjoying a winterland with areas like Pensacola, Panama City, Tallahassee and even Jacksonville under a winter storm

Pensacola is set to see some downright frigid ... sleet and snow in the northern bits of Florida’s western-most Panhandle counties. The National Weather Service forecasts a low of around 28 ...

While local officials urged drivers to stay off the roads, nothing was going to keep Pensacolians from enjoying a rare snow day.

Unofficial, backyard tallies have recorded at least nine inches of snow. The previous record snowfall for Pensacola was three inches in 1895.

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