A perfect confluence of an Arctic air outbreak and a low-pressure system that pulled in moisture from the Gulf of Mexico brought rare, record snow to the Gulf Coast

Temperatures in North Florida last week were downright frigid. From Jan. 19-25, Pensacola's average temperature was 33.8 degrees, which is 17.3 degrees below the average temperature for the same time frame, according to the NWS.

The major winter storm moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and the eastern Carolinas. The precipitation hitting parts of the Deep South came as a blast of arctic air plunged much of the Midwest and the eastern U.S. into a deep freeze.

Prior to that, the Milton Experimental Station recorded a historic snowfall 71 years ago; when Santa Rosa County set Florida's all-time 24-hour snowfall record with 4 inches, on March 6, 1954.

A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental US bringing winter storm warnings and a hazardous freeze to millions.

Portions of New York and Pennsylvania are under a lake-effect snow warning on Tuesday as "heavy" accumulations up to a foot may be possible in certain areas, the National Weather Service warns.

Elsewhere, the East Coast contended with a thick blanket of snow while people from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine shivered in bitterly cold temperatures from an Arctic air mass that sent temperatures plunging well below normal Monday with dangerously cold wind chills.

A major winter storm that slammed Texas and the northern Gulf Coast is spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida panhandle and eastern Carolinas. Warning areas included big cities like Jacksonville,

A rare frigid storm is charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast, blanketing New Orleans and Houston with snow, closing highways and grounding nearly all flights. School was canceled

Lake effect snow slammed southwestern Michigan on the morning of Tuesday, January 21, as the National Weather Service (NWS) issued a winter weather advisory for the region, warning of slick roads, bridges,

Bitter cold temperatures and snowy weather conditions forced Texas airports to suspend flights and Georgia to declare a state of emergency

CLEVELAND (WJW) — A COLD WEATHER ADVISORY will be in effect for all of Northeast Ohio through Wednesday morning. Wind chills will likely stay below zero degrees for 72 hours.