Wind chill temps state-wide dip below freezing as Arctic blast hits Florida

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — It isn’t just “Florida cold”—it’s historic.

An Arctic blast has officially turned the Treasure Coast into a frozen frontier, shattering decades-old records and sending rare flurries drifting over communities in Port St. Lucie and Vero Beach Saturday night.

With wind chill accounted for, outside of the Florida Keys, there was not a single city in Florida that didn’t dip below freezing this weekend—and the shivering isn’t over yet, with sub-freezing temperatures expected to hold their grip until Tuesday on the Treasure Coast and in Palm Beach County.

Subsequently, an Extreme Cold Warning continues for the Treasure Coast & Okeechobee with a Cold Weather Advisory for Palm Beach County and a Freeze Warning in effect for the entire area except for metro Palm Beach County…

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