Small Part of Sunshine State Becomes Snowy State as Florida Gets Snow for 2nd Year in a Row

A rare snow in Holt, Fla., on Jan. 18, 2026. Danielle Brahier via AP

PENSACOLA, Fla.—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.