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In the north, yes. The Panhandle and the Big Bend have a real winter: the National Weather Service puts the average first freeze at Tallahassee on November 25, and on the coast at Apalachicola on December 13.
Snow is rare, but on January 21, 2025 a storm left 8.9 inches at Pensacola, far past the city's two-day record of 3.0 inches from February 1895, and about 10 inches in parts of Santa Rosa County. The farther south you go, the less winter there is. The lowest temperature ever recorded at Key West is 41 degrees, reached in January 1886 and again in January 1981, and a normal January day there runs from about 64 degrees at night to 74 in the afternoon. If a mild winter is the reason for the move, the southern end of the peninsula and the Keys are where it is reliable. If you want some change of season, the Panhandle and North Florida are the parts of the state that have one.
Population 297,542. Typical home sale price about $318,900 from March to May 2026; typical condo $187,000 in May 2026. Median household income $66,287; 14.8% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Population 325,923. Typical home sale price $324,983 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $540,000 in May 2026. Median household income $67,500; 17.9% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Population 198,472. Typical home sale price $366,063 in the three months ending June 2026. Median household income $91,922; 16.7% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Population 81,860. Typical home sale price $1,101,891 in the three months ending June 2026; typical condo $548,750 in May 2026. Median household income $87,738; 24.7% of residents are 65 or older. (Source: Redfin; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026)
Open the county guide →Florida's year divides by rain more than by temperature. The wet season runs from about the middle of May to the middle of October.
Read the answer →Yes, more than anywhere else in the country. In the National Weather Service's count from 1959 to 2004, Florida had 2,117 people killed or injured by lightning, more than twice North Carolina, which was second with 818.
The weather decides most of it. From about the middle of October into May is the dry season, with far less rain, and in the Keys a normal January afternoon is about 74 degrees.
Florida's year divides by rain more than by temperature. The wet season runs from about the middle of May to the middle of October.
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