At a Glance

Snow has now fallen in parts of northern Florida three separate times this season.The latest round from Winter Storm Inga brought snow and freezing rain to the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday.

brought snow and freezing rain to the Florida Panhandle early Wednesday, thethird round of snow and ice to the Sunshine State this winter season.

The last time multiple snow and ice events were reported in the same winter in Florida was seven years ago.

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Snow was reported early Wednesday morning in .

Sleet accumulated on vehicles and grassy areas in . The due to icy travel concerns.

Any winter featuring one of these Florida snow or ice events would be notable. But Winter Storm Inga was the third round of snow and ice for north Florida in just over five weeks.

The first winter precipitation event in northern Florida this season was courtesy of Winter Storm Benji, which brought mainly a dusting of snow to the western Florida Panhandle overnight Dec. 8 and early Dec. 9.

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Pensacola recorded a trace of snow from Winter Storm Benji. Flurries were reported at Destin and Miramar Beach.

Benji alsobrought rare snow from southern Texas into the Deep South and Southeast.

Then to start off January, Winter Storm Grayson brought a wintry mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain from northern Florida into the Carolinas on Jan. 3-4.

Tallahassee saw its first measurable snowfall,at least 0.1 inches, since December 1989 when 0.1 inches of snow and sleet accumulated early on Jan. 3.

Ice caused slippery driving conditions betweenTallahassee and Jacksonville.

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How Rare Is Snow In Northern Florida?

Snow in Florida is certainly rare, and snow or sleet this frequent is even more unusual. Ithappened in the winter of 2010-11.

Tallahassee experienced its first measurable snowfall since Dec. 22-23, 1989,in early January. Before Grayson brought snowfall,the last trace amount of snow was on Jan. 29, 2014, during .

The last measurable snowfall in Pensacola was from Leon onJan. 28, 2014, whenPensacola measured 1.3 inches of snowfall.Leon also brought sleet and ice to the Florida Panhandle, which resulted in power outages and closed roads.

The last time three separate snow or sleet events took place in northern Florida in the same winter was in 2010-11.

The first sightings of snow then came on Dec. 8 when an upper-level disturbance brought snow flurries to portions of the western Panhandle. Then, on the day after Christmas, Jacksonville reported a trace of snow as a powerful winter storm moved northward off the East Coast. Wintry precipitation made one last appearance that winter on Jan. 9, when sleet was reported in Pensacola.

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There have been seasons where Tallahassee has seen at least a trace of snow or sleet twice: 1958 when a trace of snow or sleet was observed on Jan. 8 and again when 2.8 inches of snow fell Feb. 12-13.

Multiple snowfall events in one season also occurred in 1955, when a trace of snow was recorded Jan. 24 and 0.4 inches March 28.

According to the National Weather Service and the University of Florida, from 1891 to 2010 it , with only 7 of these times 0.1 inches or more. This corresponds to a measurable snow event occurring once every 17 years, while a trace of snow occurs every 3 to4 years.