A rare winter storm across North Florida is causing historic snow in Pensacola and the Panhandle. See striking images of how residents reacted.

The Pensacola area is forecast to receive between 4 to 6 inches of snow, but the National Weather Service says areas south of I-10 could see more.

Climatologically, it is not supposed to snow in South Florida. The laid-back tropics are a region constantly gaining energy from the sun, and with Florida's temperatures moderated by warm water on three sides, snow is unusual even in the northern reaches of the state.

The National Weather Service and European global models show increasing chances of snow in Florida on Monday and Tuesday night.

Unusually cold temperatures in central Florida have led to winter weather advisories, while Alaska has experienced some rare warm weather this month.

There's a very slight chance that the very northern tips of a few Florida Panhandle counties could see a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow.

The official total from the National Weather Service Mobile was 7.6 inches ... storm brought to the Panhandle and North Florida Tuesday, Jan. 21. Pensacola got a record 7.6 inches of snow between ...

Snow in the Sunshine State doesn't happen very often. But it did. And here are the photos from Pensacola to Yulee to prove it.

Parts of the Florida Panhandle were coated in a blanket of snow with temperatures at 25 degrees on Tuesday while Miami had temperatures in the 80s, seemingly two different worlds. From Pensacola down to Miami, there was a difference of 55 degrees, according to the National Weather Service Miami .

A rare winter storm across North Florida and the Panhandle is causing record snowfall in Pensacola, Florida. The National Weather Service doesn't have an official measurement of the snowfall ...

Pace, Florida, had 1.2 inches of snow on Jan. 16-17, 2018 The National Weather Service Mobile/Pensacola office reported a small amount of snow in Pace, along with sleet and frozen rain in Escambia ...

Areas between Pensacola and Milton saw as much as 10 inches of snow, according to recent snowfall totals. Residents wasted no time throwing on their winter gear and heading outside to sled on makeshift sleighs, build snowmen and get to work cleaning it all up.