{"id":123718,"date":"2026-01-19T13:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/123718\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T13:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T13:25:16","slug":"rare-snowfall-dusts-florida-panhandle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/123718\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Snowfall Dusts Florida Panhandle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snow fell in Florida on Sunday\u2019s early morning hours.<\/p>\n

Winter storm warnings were issued on Saturday for an area stretching from Macon, Georgia, down to Tallahassee, Florida.<\/p>\n

Flurries began on the western Florida panhandle late into the night. Some residents even stayed up for a rare glimpse of snow. For those that did wait, there were some rather unusual sights to be seen. A few flakes landed 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.<\/p>\n

By the time of sunrise, traffic cameras<\/a> on Interstate 10 across the panhandle were showing a snowy white landscape along the roadways.<\/p>\n

The light dusting arrives almost exactly one year after Winter Storm Enzo<\/a>, a rare event that brought heavy snow to the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n

(FORECAST: How Much More Snow Can Be Expected<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Danielle<\/p>\n

Danielle Brahier via AP<\/p>\n

That year, Florida broke the state snowfall record with 9.8 inches of snow in Milton. The previous record had been 4 inches in 1954. For many areas in the Gulf Coast, it was the most significant snowfall since the late 1800s.<\/p>\n

\"Danielle<\/p>\n

Danielle Brahier via AP<\/p>\n

Snowfall totals for today will be much smaller than last year\u2019s event, but initial reports suggest that some areas will see true measurable numbers.<\/p>\n

In Georgia, snowfall is likely to be heavier and may cause some travel delays across the state.<\/p>\n

As much as 3 inches of snow are forecast for central Georgia on Sunday. Footage from traffic cameras already show significant snowfall outside of Macon, Georgia.<\/p>\n

The Georgia Department of Transportation announced<\/a> it would be running salt trucks on the roads and monitoring for the possibility of black ice as temperatures continue to dip on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snow fell in Florida on Sunday\u2019s early morning hours. Winter storm warnings were issued on Saturday for an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61423,28,12205,1853,61288,232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-123718","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-dusting-of-snow","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-panhandle","11":"tag-georgia","12":"tag-macon","13":"tag-tallahassee","14":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","15":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}