MIAMI - A major winter storm is moving into northern Florida on Tuesday, bringing what will potentially be record-breaking snowfall totals in spots, the threat of accumulating ice and locally treacherous travel conditions.

A reporter with the joint Tallahassee Bureau for the Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times literally got her first taste of snow on Wednesday.

Parts of Florida are seeing snowfall as a winter storm moves across the Gulf Coast. Find out here when the Sunshine State last experienced snow before 2025.

It is the first time in history that blizzard warnings are in effect along parts of the Gulf Coast from Texas into Louisiana.

“I’m so glad I’m so much farther south. I moved to Florida to get away from the snow!” commented Jennifer Saxon Halam on his post. According to her Facebook, she lives in Englewood on Florida’s west coast about 88 miles south of Tampa. But just wait: Weather Underground forecasts a low of 38 there next Saturday morning.

Senate President Ben Albritton announced that out of “an abundance of caution,” Senate offices will close Wednesday, and 20 Senate committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday are also canceled. House Speaker Daniel Perez confirmed identical cancellations have been made for the House and 20 meetings its members were to have this week.

You can view me as like a dog that’s got you on the ankle on immigration,” Gov. Ron DeSantis told reporters in Tallahassee on Tuesday.

Florida is seeing "significant" snowfall due to a rare winter storm. For native Floridians or transplants who escaped the cold, see when it warms up.

Florida's been cold this January. Here’s what month it usually starts getting warm in Florida and what the hottest and coldest days on record are.

In January 1977, two Arctic blasts swept through Florida from Jan. 16-20, bringing the coldest temperatures and unprecedented snowfall as far south as Homestead on Jan. 19 — a first in South Florida recorded history. The temperature dropped to 23 degrees in Vero Beach, according to a previous TCPalm article.

If there's one thing that we know about offensive linemen, it's that they love to eat. Florida State offensive line coach Herb Hand can relate as he professed his love of cooking and all things food during his introductory press conference in December.

On that day, snow fell in South Florida for the first time in recorded history. According to an article from the NWS, snow was seen across all of southeast Florida as far south as Homestead and even on Miami Beach.