manholt Report post Posted December 18, 2017 Joe, have been to FL many times in late January and February....unless your on the line between Homestead to Captiva Island and South to the Key's, your going to have some frozen weeks! Pirates week in Tampa and Strawberry Festival in February, Plant City, can and have been in the 25-30 degree range! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbutler Report post Posted December 18, 2017 I can't argue with you, we're having a cool spell right now. I cancelled out on golf today, rain showers and cloudy skies. Sun and 70's tomorrow. We had a touch of snow, just white on the top of the grass, Friday, December 8. That was our first real cool spell for the winter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manholt Report post Posted December 18, 2017 Yea, I got an Inch late Friday in Three Rivers! A friend told me it was Snowing in Galveston, TX. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayne77590 Report post Posted December 18, 2017 We had about an inch. Melted fast on the ground but the car hood was the tattle tale. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
manholt Report post Posted December 19, 2017 The one on Christmas 2004, stuck around on Galveston for 2 days...7 inches between the night of 24th to morning of 25th...absolutely beautiful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ispjs Report post Posted December 19, 2017 On 12/18/2017 at 7:39 AM, manholt said: Joe, have been to FL many times in late January and February....unless your on the line between Homestead to Captiva Island and South to the Key's, your going to have some frozen weeks! Pirates week in Tampa and Strawberry Festival in February, Plant City, can and have been in the 25-30 degree range! We have been doing winter vacations in Florida almost every year since 1982. Always Sarasota and further south. Have never experienced any temps in the low 30's. In the last few years living down here (Cape Coral/Ft. Myers area) we have had a few nights where it got down to low 40's but almost always recovered to 70 or above. I think there is a line where you have to be south of for warmer weather in Florida, but IMHO it runs from Sarasota over to Ft. Pierce. Anything south of there you are good all winter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wayne77590 Report post Posted December 19, 2017 Back in about 1985 time frame my son has pictures of him walking out 200 feet off of the Texas City Dike and in Galveston Bay. It had definitely iced over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
