One year ago, there was a real "flurry" of excitement around Jacksonville as a flurry of snow happened in the middle of the afternoon!
Snow flakes in Jacksonville are rare, very rare. About once a decade and mostly as a handful of snowflakes. There have only been three measurable snow occurrences in the past 70 years!
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The most notable one, of course, was back in 1989, just before Christmas. Barely an inch of sleet and snow fell but enough to cover the ground. Trouble was, it happened mostly before the sun came up and as such few actually saw it fall, although it was awesome waking up to the blinding cover of snow!
Not last year! After hitting 81° on Jan. 3 and 71° on the sixth, the temperature began to drop. The Polar Vortex was just cranking up and sent a quick blast of cold air across the eastern United States. That cold air slammed into the moist air still hanging around Jacksonville, allowing for the afternoon clouds to bubble-up.
Like an afternoon summer shower, the clouds began to release snow!
The flurry of snow was seen mainly on the Northside. Meanwhile on the Southside of town a misty rain shower allowed for a rainbow to appear!
The video which went super viral, with 1,000,000 views put Jacksonville on the weather map, as many news outlets around the country picked up on the video! Thanks Pete Lardizabal for sharing.
What about this winter? Well, it wouldn't be unheard of. to see snow back to back winters, plus we have actually seen snow (flakes) into early March, so...