As the country copes with a severe winter storm, Florida enjoys the sunshine. But is there going to be another cold blast?

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Sunny Isles Beach — Courtesy: Shutterstock — B Cruz Orlando, Florida – Florida will experience a very different weather scenario as high temperatures approach record highs, while millions of people in the Deep South, Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, and Northeast prepare for what may turn out to be the season’s greatest winter storm. WEEKEND TO FRIDAY

Florida receives snow for the second consecutive year, turning a small portion of Sunshine State into Snowy State

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Snowman and snow on the Beach — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Image by: Artiom Photo PENSACOLA, Fla. – For the second consecutive year, a tiny portion of Florida is the Snowy State. On Sunday morning, just enough cold air surged in behind a cold front to turn the last rain showers in the Sunshine State into

Florida with snow? Here are the odds it’ll happen 2 years in a row

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Snowfall on the beach — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Sergio de SIlva TAMPA, FL. – Although snowfall is uncommon in Florida, it did occur in 2025 and may occur again this weekend. What we know: With lows falling into the upper 30s and highs only in the 50s in Tampa on Thursday and Friday, temperatures are

Arctic retaliation: Iguanas will be plucked from trees as very cold temperatures invade the US as far south as Florida

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Cold Weather Winds — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Mia2you With Arctic temperatures and rounds of snow for the Great Lakes and Interior Northeast, winter will return with a vengeance for the remainder of January in most of the eastern half of the United States following a brief respite. As storms travel throughout the region, higher elevations

The United States has a new lightning capital. Florida is no longer it.

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Lightning striking behind airplane – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by FTiare There is a new lightning champion in the United States. Oklahoma has overtaken Florida as the lightning capital of the country, a new survey announced Monday, January 5. Last year, Oklahoma overtook the state that has historically led this ranking with about 73 lightning

Florida will be hit by an Arctic polar vortex. How cold will it get?

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Couple Walking on Beach During Cold Front, FL — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Kristi Blokhin Are you prepared for more frigid Christmas weather? According to AccuWeather analysts, a polar vortex system could bring two or more cold waves to Florida this week. According to AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok, “two to three more rounds of

Before the cooldown, a cold front is delivering heavy rain to Central Florida

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Central Florida skyline at Orlando’s Eola Lake at dusk during Christmas season — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Image by: Sean Pavone Orlando, Fl. – A disorganized chain of weather systems is expected to arrive this weekend, changing Central Florida’s weather over the next few days from sunny and warm to rainy and cold. FRIDAY A fading

Thanksgiving week in Florida is marked by record high temperatures and bitterly cold winds

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Thanksgiving weather in Florida – Pictured: Woman sits by the beach in cold weather – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by: fantom_rd Some parts of Florida may experience lower temperatures on Thanksgiving or Black Friday due to a cold front moving in from the west, which also poses a risk of storms or perhaps a tornado

Trick or treat: Southwest Florida is expected to have the coldest Halloween in years

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Trick or Treating on Halloween – Courtesy: Shutterstock — Yuganov Konstantin How a cold front can change things! Temperatures will only peak in the 70s this afternoon after dropping as low as the 50s this morning. This makes it the coldest Halloween the Gulf Coast has experienced in eight years. The majority of the sky

Central Florida is soaked by a storm, making the flooding situation “particularly dangerous”

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Flooding in Central Florida — Courtesy: Shutterstock — america365 Flash flooding caused by the unrelenting rainstorms that battered sections of Central Florida into Monday left drivers stranded, roads impassable, and several homes submerged. The storm was described by forecasters as a “particularly dangerous situation,” a term that is rarely used. The National Weather Service said