Frost/Freeze, Levy
- When
- December 27, 4:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Levy forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost and Freeze in Florida, December 27, 2001
Waves of chilly air dropping into Florida around Christmas and beyond eventually led to a minor freeze event across the Nature Coast early on the 27th. Low temperatures fell into the mid and upper 20s in Levy County, and near 30 elsewhere.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Waves of chilly air dropping into Florida around Christmas and beyond eventually led to a minor freeze event across the Nature Coast early on the 27th. Low temperatures fell into the mid and upper 20s in Levy County, and near 30 elsewhere. Coastal locations of Citrus and Hernando County were spared. No substantial crop damage was reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Frost/Freeze, Citrus
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Citrus forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Hernando
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hernando forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Sumter
- When
- December 27, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 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)
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
- Extreme Cold in Florida, December 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 27 to 28, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Florida, December 27, 2001
- Winter Storm in Oregon, December 27 to 28, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 27, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 27, 2001
- High Wind in California, December 27, 2001
- Wildfire in California, December 27, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 27 to 28, 2001
More
Every storm in Florida in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, December 2001
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5274825, 5274826, 5274827, 5274828.