[Carriage Hill]

I remember the day. I was living/working in Coral Gables, just outside of Miami, was packing-up to move back to NJ, and grabbed my film camera to record it. People were acting crazy, like the end of the world was neigh.

[beancounter13]

Doggone Global Warming!

It never snows in Miami anymore…… </s>

[jacknhoo]

I was living in Hollywood Florida in 1985 give or take a year and we had snow flurries once. It didn’t actually accumulate.

[shadeaud]

I thought that it wasn’t snow, but kilos of coke dumped by some cartel owned plane!!

[dfwgator]

Well there was a lot of “snow” in Miami in the 80s.

[SaxxonWoods]

That was the vaunted ice age that predicted at the time.

It was short but real.

[Graybeard58]

When I was living in Texas, I asked an old man if he had ever seen it snow, he said, “no, bless your heart but I saw it rain once”.

[Wuli]

We arrived in southern California in March 1956, with my parents having decidedly moved their family on purpose there from wintry upstate New York. One year later, sometime in January or February we had snow, and my mom cursed.

[Skywise]

That was proof of global cooling back then…

Yes - it was a thing!

[Georgia Girl 2]

I drove home from the University in it.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

That January of 1977 was a BRUTAL winter. I remember it well.
In Jan the entire Continental US had cloud cover. All states got snow. Blizzard snow hit our area. All roads were closed for several days.
I got Pneumonia.

It was used as proof we were entering THE NEW ICE AGE which was all the rage in the 1970s.

[Political Junkie Too]

I was taking my high school senior mid-term exams that day. We all rushed outside to see the snow.

Being a transplant from New York, I had grown up with snow.

-PJ

[teeman8r]

in before the heat miser reference...

and snow in summerville...

[AFPhys]

I was there - the only week I ever was in Miami - or instead, I should say, Homestead AFB.

I was at “Water Survival Training” after getting my wings.

So COLD - - - and the BOQ had very insufficient heat, and only one blanket allotted per person. Most of us spent as much time as we could in the bar - I think it was pretty much underground, and better insulated than the quarters.

They even cancelled the final day of in-water training. I recall hearing that many water creatures did not survive the cold water temperatures.

[Leep]

It hovering around freezing at night in northern Florida.

[FamiliarFace]

I lived in Gainesville back then, and it was the first time I had a proper winter coat given to me. Most of the time we only had lightweight jackets that worked to about 40 degrees at best. My new woolen coat worked to about 25 degrees, but it was dressy, so I couldn’t wear it when doing (outside) work. Got to wear it to church and school a couple of times, though!

Back to the story, that was the first and only time I saw snow in Florida. The other times were always on trips to mountains and higher elevations.

[Dacula]

I always thought it was due to Jimmy Carter taking over as the United States President the day before.

[lastchance]

I was living in St. Lucie county (still am). My boyfriend (later husband)who was a Florida native had never been in snow so he made a snowball and saved it in the freezer.

I also remember was that the PE teacher at the college made the class dress out. Claimed we would warm up. I sure didn’t.