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Posted on 01/18/2026 6:01:01 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A small part of Florida is the Snowy State for the second year in a row.
Snow briefly covered the grass and rooftops in parts of the western Florida Panhandle on Sunday morning as just enough frigid air rushed in behind a cold front to turn the last rain showers into snowflakes in the Sunshine State.
Elsewhere, the winter weather promised to interfere with playoff football in places — Boston and Chicago — more accustomed to it, although the visiting teams come from warmer climes. And in the upper Midwest, residents braced for blizzard conditions.
The southern snow wasn’t a once-in-a-lifetime thing. Less than a year ago, on Jan. 21, 2025, some of the same areas of Florida that briefly saw frosty lawns received up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow in what was the most significant snowfall in many places since the late 1800s.
Snow photos flooded social media. There were a few flakes on the beach and snow nestled into palm fronds. It was too warm to stick to the roads, but a dusting of snow sat on the grass for a little while before mostly melting.
The rare snow in the South wasn’t just in Florida. Southeastern Alabama and southern Georgia also reported snow in some areas as they also celebrated a second winter wonderland in less than a year.
Snow covered the ground in Columbus and Macon, Georgia, and officials warned enough might fall to make travel treacherous in spots.
Heavier snowfall was expected to hit New England. Three to five inches (7 to 13 centimeters) of afternoon and evening snow was predicted in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, where the New England Patriots were hosting the Houston Texans.
Those in the Boston area could expect “wet and heavy” snow showers, said National Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Pederson, although...
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Is there anything global warming can't do?
Who doesn’t love Gorebal Warning?
Ohhhhh noooooo!!!!!
I don’t. I’ve had to shovel global warming for the past 2 days.
Even our snow has left the west coast for Florida!
I consider anything above Tampa to be the far north, a place to be avoided in the winter. For me the Artic circle starts at the GA state line.
I think I have been shoveling the warming/partly-cloudy for well over 60 years.
[I choose to live > 40 deg. North, as did pretty much all of my ancestors going back at least some millennia.]
Thank the Lord that I still can.
[see tagline..]
it’s not that rare ...
Global Warming Alert!
Heading to Miami in early March.
Better not snow!😎
I saw snow in Milton some years ago.
Un-possible, Al Gore told me it would never snow again.
Oh no. What will this do to Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice futures?
Call Winthrope and Valentine!
“Where’s Beeks”?
He lied.
Hoosiers use to say it’ll be a cold day in hell and snow in Florida before IU was in a championship game.
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