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Naples Daily NewsSun, sand, snow? Not here. At least the snow part, according to records
Mark H. Bickel, Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News
Thu, January 29, 2026 at 10:04 AM UTC
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Jackets, scarfs and wool hats are replacing flip-flops, swim suits and tank top this week in Florida.
As January winds down, we are experiencing the coldest temperatures of the season, which are expected to continue into next week.
The good news? No need to run out a buy a snow shovel, not that you actually could if you wanted to. Well, maybe at the Home Depot or Lowe's.
More: Yet another cold front headed for the Naples area. How low will it go?
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Snowfall this south Florida is only something you can see on the Hallmark Channel or while watching the national news with reports of blizzards and things like "bomb cyclones" which forecasters are predicting for the east coast this weekend.
Has it ever snowed in Naples or Fort Myers?
On Jan. 3 2018, environment reporter Chad Gillis wrote this story that answered that question for those who were wondering about what would be nothing short of a metrological miracle.
In Gillis's story, which happened to be written the week snow was recorded in northern Florida, he reported the following:
National Weather Service records (dating back to 1902) say it has never snowed here, although there are newspaper reports from the 1800s that say snow fell in Fort Myers in 1899. Snow has fallen as far south as the Tampa area, like it did in 1977, but the Fort Myers area is just too far south to get any appreciable accumulation, meteorologists say.
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In short, not a snowball's chance in ....
The bottom line, according to expert meteorologists with the National Weather Service (NWS): we are just too far south for any realistic chance of seeing any white stuff sticking to the ground.
Gillis's story went on to say:
The record low for any day in January is 27 degrees for Fort Myers, and most daily records for the Fort Myers area in January are below freezing. But it didn't snow on any of those days because Fort Myers and Naples sit along the coast and are too far south for some cold fronts to even reach, much less produce snow.
It's 43 miles from downtown Fort Myers to downtown Naples.
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"The atmosphere is just too warm," Noah said. "South Florida is just too far south to get that much cold air aloft. It’s more of a subtropical environment."
Social media platforms like Facebook have been filled with posts about possible snow coming to Florida this week. The ultra-popular Mike's Weather Page on Facebook has gone from talking about hurricane models to snowfall models.
You can check what AccuWeather is forecasting for Southwest Florida in the coming days. Better bundle up!
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