SNOW IN TAMPA - Jan. 19, 1977

News story aired early January 2010 in Tampa. NOTE: Story contains 3 errors. 1. Weatherman says it snowed on Jan. 17, 1977. That date is incorrect, it was Jan. 19, 1977 (note date written in snow on red cadillac, which I wrote and took the pic.) 2. Weatherman says in 1989 it snowed "and enough in some places to scrape the windshields". The 1989 snow did not accumulate in Tampa. It melted on contact. 3. The B&W photo they show while he says this, of a woman scraping snow off her windshield, is from Jan 19, 1977. For that same photo with correct date, see: fcit.coedu.usf.edu/florida/pho... Also see: www.tampabay.com/news/weather/... and www.islandnet.com/~see/weather... and www.tampapix.com/snow.htm

[@tommiej3]

wow - well researched! Great job. Brilliant idea for the person to write the date of snow in the snow on windshield!! That date stamps it the best!!

[@Tampapix]

35 years ago today!

[@majstar]

Jan 19th,1977 it snowed the year before i was born i was born jan 19th, 1978

[@BrandonTownsend]

I heard It's usually 70 there in the winter. It's very unlikely for it to snow there. I thought it just snowed on the panhandle once in a blue moon, but apparently not.

[@slick1ru2]

I remember Flurries in Sarasota, probably was the '77 event.

[@tubalador]

I guess we'll have to opt for the local Indian tribes to enlighten us through their oral traditions(if Orlando has ever gone through a snowstorm). lol.

[@Tampapix]

Thanks tommiej3, that was me, wearing the Vikings cap. See the same photos on my website, better images, w w w.tampapix.com / snow.htm.

[@VideoWizard2006]

@13457brandon Actually it can be anywhere from about the low 50s to even approaching 90, any day below 50 is very unusual, let alone the 40 degrees that it finally squeaked out at 4PM (very similar to Jan. 9, 2010 in fact- but the morning was just 3 degrees colder in '77, hence the snow). wunderground . com can show weather history for either day (and any in between, and back to about 1940).