A small part of the Sunshine State became the Snowy State for a brief time as snow covered parts of the western Florida Panhandle.

More Arctic blasts coming down from the north will be sweeping across the country this week. Will we see snow again this weekend?

Cities in the Florida Panhandle, including Marianna and Pensacola, were lucky early Sunday morning, Jan. 18, waking up to a brief, but exciting dusting of snow. The National Weather Service reported that as of 5:53 a.m., .09 inches of snow had accumulated over the previous six hours at Pensacola International Airport.

Officials across Northwest Florida are warning residents that the frigid rain and short-lived snow will be followed by a hard freeze overnight for many areas. That means motorists driving on Jan. 19 should be vigilant for somewhat hazardous travel if ice forms on roads and bridges.

When the frigid rain pushed through, neither sleet nor snowflake nor slush was spotted in Florida's capital city. But it wasn't a bust for everyone.

Does it snow in Florida? It can – and it did.

Snow blankets the Florida Panhandle as a major winter storm creates hazardous road conditions and record-setting cold temperatures.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Well, it happened again. Snow fell in Florida for a second year in a row. Snow in Florida is rare on its own, but back-to-back years make it especially unusual. Parts of the Panhandle saw snow again on Jan. 18, following a notable snowfall in early 2025, marking a rare consecutive-year event for the state.

It has been one year since historic snowfall blanketed the Florida Panhandle.

A major winter storm, one of the most extreme and expansive in years, is starting to develop over the Plains and will impact much of the United States. Over the next few days, the storm will drop up to a foot of snow and crippling amounts of ice over an area spanning 2,

It may sound hard to believe, but it’s looking more likely that parts of the Florida Panhandle could see snow early Sunday morning.