Frost in Florida? Too Early For That!
By Jeff Moffitt
@moffittjc (121604)
Gainesville, Florida
November 21, 2016 7:19pm CST
Before I headed to bed last night, something told me that I should check the weather forecast. I knew it was going to get cold here in north Florida, but I was surprised to see that we had a freeze warning in effect for most of the inland counties of the central and northern parts of the state. I thought to myself that there was no way we would have a freeze this early in the year in Florida.
Thank goodness I put my thick down comforter on the bed last night, because it was freezing in my house this morning! And when I looked out my window at the vehicles in the driveway below, I couldn't believe that they were covered with a layer of frost! Would you believe I had to scrape ice off of my windshield this morning?
Thankfully, I still had the ice scraper in my truck from last winter, and so I was only temporarily delayed while I cleared the ice from my windshield. Which worked out well, because it gave the heater time to warm up the inside cab of the truck.
You know what I like best about winter? NOTHING! That's why I live in Florida! Which is why I was not happy to wake up to freezing temps and frost this morning. I want my sunshine back!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
Do you know what my favorite part of winter is?
...when it ends!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
@marguicha Do you know what I love best about snow?
...not a damn thing!
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
22 Nov 16
You be quiet mister! 
I love the cold weather and I wish we would get more of it, I hate sweating. If my husband could find work up North we would be there.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 
I love the cold weather and I wish we would get more of it, I hate sweating. If my husband could find work up North we would be there.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! 3 people like this
@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
Can it just snow without the temperature dropping below 60 degrees or something? To me, that would be a happy compromise.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
@LovingMyBabies I think Disney World has come up with the answer! At Christmastime, they make it snow on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom. They use fake snow that they spray from the rooftops of all the shops along Main Street. It "melts" as soon as it hits the street, but it looks really cool watching the "snow" fall from the sky!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Nov 16
@moffittjc Those things you are very welcome to keep to yourself.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
We'd become completely spoiled if we didn't have a little bad weather every now and then! That's why God sends us hurricanes every so often!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
@Asylum You don't want us to send a few hurricanes your way? What's a little more bad weather when you'e already got a year full of bad weather?
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
Ahhh...the joys of living in Florida or California! Not having to worry too much about freezing weather!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Dec 16
@DianneN Thankfully, there is usually very little humidity in Florida during the winter, although we'll get a muggy winter day every now and then.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Nov 16
Don't worry, it's back to being hot and humid here again! Our cold snaps don't ever last long.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
30 Nov 16
@moffittjc I never found it humid down there in the winter, but I do like it hot!!! At least around 80 give or take.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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22 Nov 16
Florida is a trifle weird! It's not even cold enough for frost over here. However, it also won't hit a high of 26 degrees until the spring now.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
It is very weird, indeed, considering I have people from the northern United States telling me it is warmer there than here in Florida. We're not always the 'Sunshine State' as we like to claim to be!
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
22 Nov 16
Never owned a ice scraper or anything related!! Hello California :)
But it is gloomy today and sprinkled a little :)
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
22 Nov 16
@moffittjc Hahah
Totally
Surprised you had an ice scraper :)
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
@infatuatedbby I bought it when I got stuck in a freak blizzard in the mountains of western Virginia back in 2010. I went to visit a friend for a long 3-day weekend over Valentines Day, and got stuck there for 9 days! I never wanted the warm sunshine of Florida so bad in my life as I did that week!
@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
Hello...I live in Florida! I shouldn't even know what a freeze warning means! Let alone what an ice scraper is for! LOL
Although...it did snow here last year on Christmas Day, for about 5 minutes!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Nov 16
I think I need to tell you that I am probably responsible, we seem to bring the cold weather with us and since we are coming..... it may have preceded us. lol I did get a lot of blaming las year!!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Nov 16
@moffittjc after Christmas but it appears the cold weather is getting you guys ready for our arrival lol
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
Oh, so it's your fault! Okay, now I know who to pinpoint the blame on this year!
Whey are you headed down?
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
@BelleStarr I'm sure it will warm back up again before you get here! I think this was just a teaser for us. I wouldn't be surprised if it was hot at Christmas. I remember how hot it was last year on Christmas Day. The kids and I were at Disney, and we were in shorts and t-shirts and were still sweating from the heat!
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
4 Dec 16
@moffittjc I have always wanted to go to Disney during Christmas. I love the snow so I don't mind when it's cold and snowing. But when it isn't snowing, I hate it. I hate being cold and I hate having to wear a heavy coat.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 Dec 16
@simone10 I used to love the cold so much, and the colder the better. But I don't what's changed in me over the years (old age perhaps?), but I find that I do not like the cold at all now.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
2 Dec 16
I don't like the cold at all, whether there is snow or no snow! I like Disney's version of snow....fake! But it looks nice when it is "snowing" on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom when it's 80 degrees out!
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Nov 16
We have not had frost yet here in the northwest climes. Plenty wet though.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
Does it ever dry up out there?
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
@JamesHxstatic It's funny that Florida is known as the Sunshine State, but in reality it rains about two-thirds of the days of the year. We can get anywhere from 55-60 inches of rain a year, on average. Except, now we seem to be in a pretty good drought, which is not good since we are starting to enter into wildfire season.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
22 Nov 16
@moffittjc For about the last two years, yes. We are relieved.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
What's wrong with leaving Christmas decorations up all year? haha
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
@JudyEv Don't worry, my Christmas decorations aren't up yet. The city has an ordinance that regulates how long you can leave Christmas decorations up. And being that I work for the city, it's in my best interest to follow their rules! haha
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@JudyEv (340198)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Nov 16
@moffittjc Nothing in my book. I'm just voicing the majority opinion here.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
I live in Florida, and I can't even imagine having frost or below-freezing temperatures! haha
But I live in the northern part of the state, where it actually does get cold from time to time. I'm sure down in south Florida (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale) that it is probably still warm and sunny!
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@CRK109 (14556)
• United States
23 Nov 16
@moffittjc Well that explains it! when I think of Florida, I guess I always think of the southern part of the state.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
22 Nov 16
I wouldn't have been happy if I were there either. We didn't have frost this morning, just syin'.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
I think we have one more cold day on tap where we'll probably have frost tomorrow morning, and then it will warm up again to a lovely 80 degrees (26.5 C)
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
@Happy2BeMe Just don't send any of it to me here in Florida. You are welcome to keep it all for yourself! This is one instance where I don't mind if you act selfishly! haha
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
22 Nov 16
@moffittjc sounds wonderful. We are suppose to get snow tomorrow night.
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@5thHouse (1678)
• Sheffield, England
25 Nov 16
If there's frost in Florida, there's no hope for those of us living in the north of England! We've been warned of a severe winter this time. Well, we've had some bad ones over the years but the last couple of years have got off quite lightly.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Nov 16
I think Old Man Winter was just teasing us! It's back to our normal warm weather! Hopefully, that brief cold spell wasn't an omen for things to come this winter!
Hope you stay warm!
@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Nov 16
@5thHouse Nice! Is it a mini-holiday for you? How far is the Sussex coast from where you live?
@5thHouse (1678)
• Sheffield, England
25 Nov 16
@moffittjc I'm off to the Sussex coast this weekend. Dreading to think how cold it'll be down there!
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Nov 16
Usually not until January or February. It's unusual for it to be this cold this early in the season. Where I live in the northern part of the state, we only average 13 days a year where the temperature drops below freezing, so I can't complain too much. But for us Floridians, anything under 60 degrees might as well be freezing, because that's what it feels like to us! lol
@JESSY3236 (19942)
• United States
22 Nov 16
We have cold temperatures here too. No snow yet thank goodness.
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@moffittjc (121604)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Nov 16
You can keep the snow! Just don't let any of it make it down to Florida this year. Low temperatures below 60 degrees is already bad enough for us!
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@teresatrotter (4073)
• Jacksonville, Florida
30 Nov 16
Experiencing cold weather this early in the game, makes me wonder if we are going to have a brutal winter.
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