The snow that day had an icy reach as far south as Homestead Air Force Base — the farthest south snow has been recorded in the contiguous U.S. It spread west to Freeport on the island of Grand Bahama, which is the only instance of snow being observed in the history of the Bahamas, according to the Florida Climate Center.

A winter storm pummeled the southern United States with ice and snow Tuesday. Here's how much snow fell in Florida, Texas, Alabama and more.

The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports and crippling roadways.

The all-time official record of snowfall in the Pensacola area is 3 inches ... of the southern U.S., stretching from South Texas to Northeast Florida. It begs the question: Has tropical South ...

New Orleans' famous Bourbon Street was covered in snow during a rare winter storm that also impacted Southern states such as Florida and Texas.

Nearly 3 million people in the South were under extreme cold warnings on Wednesday and millions more were under cold weather advisories as an outbreak of arctic air grips much of the country. The notices blanketed parts of eastern Texas, Louisiana and even Florida. Freeze warnings also covered parts of Florida and Georgia.

A rare winter storm across North Florida is causing historic snow in Pensacola and the Panhandle. See striking images of how residents reacted.

As a historic winter storm pushes towards Florida, the National Weather Service issued Winter Storm Warnings for a large swath of the southern U.S., stretching from South Texas to Northeast Florida.

As a historic winter storm pushes towards Florida, the National Weather Service issued Winter Storm Warnings for a large swath of the southern U.S., stretching from South Texas to Northeast Florida.

Around 40 million people in the U.S. are under a winter storm warning from an unusual blast of severe cold weather and snow across the South.

The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5-12 inches through Tuesday evening.

The rare Southern storm prompted this headline from the Anchorage Daily News: "Hey, New Orleans, please send some of your snow to Anchorage."