Earlier last week, social media feeds were flooded with pictures, showing for the first time in years that a blanket of snow was seen in many parts of North Florida and the panhandle. Meanwhile, here in southwest Florida, we might not have gotten the now, but certainly our fair share of cold weather. Last week, a chilly morning in Downtown Fort Myers was evident by the lack of vistors to the usually bustling hub of activity. "Its hard for people to take I think, who are not expecting it, who are full timers here..." One passerby said. For many, Florida is normally a destination for those escaping snow from up North, but for this week, it followed them here. "Its so fun to watch all of it, all the pictures of northern Florida, Pensacola, Desantis calling a snow day..." Another added. As we found out from Jennifer Hubbard, a Meteorologist from the National Weather Service, snow in the Northern part of our state is unusual, but not unheard of. "In Florida I believe I saw nine inches as the highest total, i believe that was in Miltoin Florida, but even across Tallahasse, and other portions of northern Florida, we saw snow and some wintery mix, freezing rain, sleet, that sort of thing." Hubbard said. However, if you live south of Northern Florida like we do, that winter storm system just meant a bit of rain and colder temperatures. "Its very rare, a very rare kind of a thing for it to happen in the Peninsula region of Florida." Hubbard added. This of course begs the question: What would it take for snow to fall in a place like Fort Myers? "In order for snow to reach the ground, you have to have freezing temperatures from the entire column of air from the cloud base down to the ground, if there is any warm air above freezing it will melt that, so you'll either get sleet, freezing rain or a mixture, enough to freeze the rain before it hits the ground." Hubbard said. Which means the air would have to stay below 32 degrees from where the snow falls, all the way to the ground, a rare occurrence that was last seen this far south back in 1977. "Well as according to actual records where we keep them, there is no record of snow in Fort Myers, but we do know in 1977, there was snowfall all the way down to Miami, so it likely occurred in that event, but we just don't have any record of it from our recording station in Fort Myers." She added. Leaving many grateful they chose to live this far south, a place where snow only falls... "Is there an expression, When Hell Freezes over?"