An Arctic blast storm has triggered a State of Emergency in Florida. As the winter storm approached, Gov. Ron DeSantis placed the emergency order into effect this week. The National Weather Service has confirmed this was a record-setting storm. The NWS said Milton, Florida, received 9.8 inches of snow.

Florida just saw the most snow on record, with a preliminary 8.8 inches observed in Milton, which is north of Pensacola.

According to The National Centers for Environmental Information, the previous Florida record for the most snow in 24 hours was set in Milton, Santa Rosa County, on March 6, 1954, when four inches was recorded.

The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5 to 12 inches through Tuesday evening. Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.

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.

Pensacola awoke to subfreezing temperatures for the second day in a row as a “significant winter storm” began to roll into the area.