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

For the first time in more than a third of a century, Jacksonville International ... fell at the airport just after 5 a.m. Wednesday. While Northeast Florida experienced far less snow than the ...

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 heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5 to 12 inches through Tuesday evening. Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.

Some areas in Florida racked up more snow than Anchorage, Alaska, which has seen just 3.8 inches since Dec. 1, according to AccuWeather (don't get too cocky, Anchorage had more than 25 inches of snow in October and November). So far during this meteorogical winter:

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.

Storm Warning is in effect for the entire Interstate 10 corridor where snow and ice accumulations could reach 4" over the next 24 hours. Pensacola will likely see the most snowfall in the state while greater amounts of ice are anticipated for cities such as Tallahassee and Jacksonville.

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.

The winter storm that moved through Florida on Tuesday into Wednesday is one for the record books, smashing the previous all-time high for snowfall in the Sunshine State.

Florida and other cities across the Southeast have been facing greatest winter storm threat since 1989 as the state has witnessed heaviest snowfall in its history. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency on Monday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. due to the incoming winter storm, the airport announced in a post on X Tuesday afternoon. The airport said it will close following its last departure, which will be "at approximately 8 p.m." Tuesday.

Commercial flights to and from the airport returned to normal operations on Thursday morning following the unprecedented winter weather.