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.

The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5 to 12 inches through Tuesday evening. Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.

Kevin Cate, founder of the Florida advertising firm CATECOMM, has launched a unique fundraiser benefiting individuals experiencing homelessness, with a new T-shirt celebrating a historic moment in Florida: the day it snowed.

Snow totals in the inconceivable 4-6” range are a possibility. The all-time Florida snow record of 4” from Milton in 1954 is in serious danger of falling in the next 24 hours.

On Wednesday morning, people in North Florida are waking up to winter snow on the ground, with reports of 8 inches in some parts of the Panhandle.

Florida is in the rare position of being able to say they have more snow than Massachusetts. In the recent s nowfall on Sunday into Monday, Boston received 5 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Ashburnham and Holden, both in Central Massachusetts, had reports of 7 inches and 7.5 inches of snow.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and eastern Carolinas.

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