With snow expectations likely out of the picture despite records statewide, folks are not nearly out of the woods just yet in the Jacksonville area.

With most local schools and city and county offices shutting down Wednesday for dangerous winter conditions, the Jacksonville area is hunkering down.

For the first time in more than a third of a century, Jacksonville International Airport recorded measurable snow on Wednesday.

Not only did Florida get record snowfall, but it was colder in Pensacola this morning than it was in Anchorage, Alaska.

Just how much snow & freezing rain fell in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia? A look inside the numbers from the Jacksonville-area winter storm.

The National Weather Service urges small craft operators to avoid heading out to sea, as high waves and gale-force gusts could overturn boats.

“North winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet, occasionally to 13 feet,” the NWS marine forecast from Fernandina Beach south to St. Augustine said. “Intracoastal waters very rough. Showers. Freezing rain after midnight.”

Florida is experiencing snow, a rare event for the Sunshine State. Learn more about the areas in Florida that witnessed snowfall.

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

Well, no snow in Jacksonville. No worries though because there was in Nassau County and plenty more across the state — historic snowfall in fact.

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