Frost/Freeze, Levy
- When
- February 5, 11:00 PM EST to February 6, 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Levy forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost and Freeze in Florida, February 5 to 6, 2000
Temperatures dropped into the upper 20s and lower 30s along and east of the Interstate 75 corridor in portions of Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Hardee and De Soto counties for one to six hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
Temperatures dropped into the middle 20s over most of inland Levy, Sumter, Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties and stayed below freezing for eight to ten hours.Temperatures dropped into the upper 20s and lower 30s along and east of the Interstate 75 corridor in portions of Hillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Hardee and De Soto counties for one to six hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Frost/Freeze, Sumter
- When
- February 5, 11:30 PM EST to February 6, 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Sumter forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 28.705, -82.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Citrus
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Citrus forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Hernando
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Hernando forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Pasco
- When
- February 6, 12:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Pasco forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Polk
- When
- February 6, 1:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 27.949, -81.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Hillsborough
- When
- February 6, 2:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Manatee
- When
- February 6, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Manatee forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Sarasota
- When
- February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sarasota forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, De Soto
- When
- February 6, 7:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- De Soto forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 27.186, -81.809 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Hardee
- When
- February 6, 7:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hardee forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 27.493, -81.810 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, February 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5134097, 5134193, 5134098, 5134101, 5134190, 5134191, 5134188, 5134189, 5134192, 5134099, 5134100.