Expect temperatures to get warmer during the days through the weekend, but overnight lows will still be freezing for most of North and Central Florida.

At least the Floridians in the north are, after a freak winter storm brought record-breaking snow to the Panhandle and much of North Florida this week. And these were long-standing records. The previous record for snow in the state — 4 inches — was set in Milton in 1954.

Temperatures plunged below freezing across parts of northern Florida on Wednesday, with some areas even dipping into the teens, making parts of the Sunshine State colder than Anchorage, Alaska. Millions of people are facing frigid temperatures through this week.

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

Florida residents in four locations woke to very chilly temps. It was 25 in Tallahassee at 6 a.m. By comparison, it was 41 in Anchorage, Alaska.

Unseasonably cold weather continues to grip much of the Sunshine State, so much so, it's actually colder in parts of Florida, than Alaska.

On Wednesday evening as rain fell across Anchorage, local high school cross-country ski coaches met to decide whether to hold this weekend's Lynx Loppet Invitational, a fixture of the high school ski season.

The largest populated city in Alaska is still recovering from the hurricane-force winds that battered homes and infrastructure on Sunday, leaving thousands without power.

It was warmer in Anchorage — yes, that Anchorage, in Alaska — than it was in some parts of Florida early Wednesday morning. At 5:30 a.m., it was 45 degrees, with a wind chill of 41 in Anchorage, according to the National Weather Service. Six Florida ...

Most cold weather-related warnings had expired across the U.S., but frigid temperatures remained in place across much of Florida.

And this week, the week of Monday, Jan. 13, kicked off with cold rain for most of north Florida. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, it was actually warmer in Anchorage, Alaska than it was in some parts of Florida in the early morning hours. Six Florida cities were ...

The Pensacola area received as much as 10 inches of snow in some areas, smashing the 130-year area record the 71-year state record.