Florida saw the most snowfall in its history on Tuesday, as a rare and deadly winter storm walloped the Gulf Coast and Southeast.
The heaviest snow occurred around Pensacola, where forecasters said around 9 inches had fallen. That’s more than double the Sunshine State’s previous snow record.
Although the system was moving offshore, light snow was still reported over Jacksonville early Wednesday.
Historic levels of snow also fell across Louisiana, with 8 inches measured at New Orleans International Airport.
“This breaks (by a long shot) the previous record of 2.7 inches set on December 31st, 1963,” the National Weather Service said.
Baton Rouge Airport Ryan Field recorded its coldest temperature on record.
Extreme and dangerous cold is expected to linger in the region through the rest of the week.
The deaths of at least 10 people have been linked to the Arctic blast, including one in Georgia, two in Houston, two more in Austin, and five in Zavala County, Texas. None of the deceased were immediately identified.
More than 120,000 customers in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana remained without power on Wednesday, according to tracker PowerOutage.US. And, travel woes continued at some of the South’s largest airports, with more than 3,000 flight delays and cancellations reported.
Florida just saw the heaviest snowfall in its history
Florida just saw its most snow on record. Citizens in Pensacola reported snow totals of more than 8.4 inches, and Milton reported nearly 9 inches, according to meteorologist Brooks Garner.
“These totals more than DOUBLED our previous Florida record for most snow in one event,” he wrote in a social media post.
Milton’s total was more than double the state record set in 1954.
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