Frost/Freeze, Levy
- When
- January 4, 10:00 PM EST to January 5, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Levy forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 4 to 5, 2002
Cold high pressure settled over the southeast United States, allowing for ideal radiation conditions across the west half of the Florida peninsula late on the 4th through the morning of the 5th. Temperatures fell into the low and mid 20s across Florida's nature coast, and the upper 20s to lower 30s elsewhere across interior West Central Florida.
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
- 10
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.
Cold high pressure settled over the southeast United States, allowing for ideal radiation conditions across the west half of the Florida peninsula late on the 4th through the morning of the 5th. Temperatures fell into the low and mid 20s across Florida's nature coast, and the upper 20s to lower 30s elsewhere across interior West Central Florida. Damage to crops and residential flora was limited to the annual "thinning" that occurs during winter cold snaps.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Frost/Freeze, Citrus
- When
- January 4, 10:00 PM EST to January 5, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Citrus forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Hernando
- When
- January 4, 10:00 PM EST to January 5, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hernando forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Sumter
- When
- January 4, 10:00 PM EST to January 5, 9:00 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)
Frost/Freeze, Pasco
- When
- January 4, 11:00 PM EST to January 5, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Pasco forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Hillsborough
- When
- January 5, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Polk
- When
- January 5, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 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, Manatee
- When
- January 5, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Manatee forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Frost/Freeze, Hardee
- When
- January 5, 5:00 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)
Frost/Freeze, De Soto
- When
- January 5, 5:00 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)
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 North Carolina, January 4, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 4, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 4, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, January 4, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 4, 2002
- Cold in Alaska, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Dense Fog in Colorado, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Dense Fog in Utah, January 4 to 5, 2002
More
Every storm in Florida in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, January 2002
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: 5276966, 5276967, 5276968, 5276969, 5276970, 5276971, 5276972, 5276973, 5276974, 5277041.