On January 18, 1977, the pressure gradient between a ridge over the Mississippi Valley and a Nor’easter over Atlantic Canada sent extremely cold temperatures south into the state of Florida. By early morning before sunrise on January 19, West Palm Beach had reported snow for the first time on record, and snow flurries had fallen as far south as Homestead. The Miami Herald reported this as their front page story, with the headline sized to that generally reserved for the declaration of war.
Commercial property values presumably were not permanently impaired. Had it snowed again, however, it might have played out differently. 🙂 As for the picture at the right, put it under the category of “things we don’t (usually) have to do in South Florida.”