It was a historic day across the Florida Panhandle on Tuesday with many areas seeing more than 6 inches of snow. 

A strong cold front pushed through the state of Florida two days prior to the event, setting the stage for historic snowfall.

Temperatures continued to drop on Monday and into Tuesday up in the Panhandle.

As the snow came in on Tuesday, temperatures fell even more.

During most of the event, temperatures were in the mid-20s in the western Florida Panhandle, this allowed for a larger than normal snow to liquid ratio.

This means that it was a light, fluffy snow, especially by southern standards. 

This contributed to the historically high snowfall totals. 

A total of 9.8 inches of snow was observed in Milton on Tuesday, the highest snowfall ever recorded in the state of Florida.

Pensacola observed 7.6 inches of snow, breaking their previous snowfall record.

The old state snowfall record was also observed in Milton with 4 inches of snow back on March 6, 1954. 

Other state snowfall totals:

Molino: 9.5"

Pace: 9.0"

Century: 9.0"

Baker: 8.5"

Ensley: 8.0"

Pensacola Beach: 7.5"

Panama city: 6.0"

Quincy: 3.5"

Destin: 2.8"

Tallahassee: 1.9" of snow and ice mixed

Amazingly, some far southern cities have near as much or more snow so far this season compared to some other cities much farther north. 

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