At least the Floridians in the north are, after a freak winter storm brought record-breaking snow to the Panhandle and much of North Florida this week. And these were long-standing records. The previous record for snow in the state — 4 inches — was set in Milton in 1954.

See the best snow pictures, video from record snowfall on beaches near Pensacola and Tallahassee. Plus, how long before the snow melts?

Tuesday and Wednesday delivered a winter wonderland for some and delayed travel plans for others as an unusual layer of snow and ice coated North Florida. Preliminary storm data from the National Weather Service show as much as six inches of snow in Bonifay in Holmes County and in Fountain and Cedar Grove in Bay

Snow fell in Houston and prompted the first ever blizzard warnings for several coastal counties near the Texas-Louisiana border. Snow covered the white-sand beaches of normally sunny vacation spots, including Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Pensacola Beach.

Florida residents in four locations woke to very chilly temps. It was 25 in Tallahassee at 6 a.m. By comparison, it was 41 in Anchorage, Alaska.

A stretch of North Florida, from Pensacola to Tallahassee, is forecast to see a slight chance of rain and snow showers on Monday and Tuesday as temperatures reach as low as 27 degrees. A blast of ...

Expect temperatures to get warmer during the days through the weekend, but overnight lows will still be freezing for most of North and Central Florida.

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.

“I’m so glad I’m so much farther south. I moved to Florida to get away from the snow!” commented Jennifer Saxon Halam on his post. According to her Facebook, she lives in Englewood on Florida’s west coast about 88 miles south of Tampa. But just wait: Weather Underground forecasts a low of 38 there next Saturday morning.

Warmer temperatures are finally peaking over the horizon in Northwest Florida, but it's still going to be cold.

Florida snowfall records shattered this week, with Pensacola receiving 8.9 inches, per the National Weather Service, easily topping the four inches that fell in 1954. As North Florida defrosts, schools,