As Florida deals with its latest cold spell of 2025 − this time with actual snow accumulating in Pensacola and other places in the northern part of the state − we go back in time when a tree farm in North Fort Myers turned into a Winter Wonderland.
Back in January of 2010, pretty much the last time Fort Myers saw temperatures tumble below freezing (32 degrees) according to this story we published on Jan. 9 , desperate times demanded desperate measures at the Wigert Bonsai Nursey in North Fort Myers.
According to National Weather Service data , the last time Fort Myers experienced freezing temperatures was Jan. 11, 2010. Temperatures dropped to 31 degrees at Page Field and 30 degrees at Southwest Florida International Airport…