Name: Frost and Freeze in Florida, February 17 to 19, 2007
Start: 2007-02-17T03:15
End: 2007-02-19T08:00
Location: Florida

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $50 million
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 MFL wrote it up.

A series of arctic cold fronts moved through South Florida on President's Day Weekend and produced freezing temperatures across much of South Florida on the mornings of February 17th and 19th.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 16, 9:08 PM EST, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 9:08 PM EST, 6 hours 7 minutes before

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Event by event

10 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.

Frost/Freeze, Glades

When: February 17, 3:15 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
Where: Glades forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.957, -81.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Freezing temperatures affected interior sections of South Florida behind an arctic cold front which moved across the area the previous day. Low temperatures ranged from 27 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Belle Glade, South Bay and Ortona, to 32 degrees at LaBelle, Clewiston, Immokalee and Royal Palm Beach West. Unofficial observations indicated that temperatures reached the mid and upper 20s in fields near Belle Glade and elsewhere in western Palm Beach County.|Damage to crops was significant in western Palm Beach County, with an estimated $20-50 million in losses to the green bean and sweet corn crops.

Frost/Freeze, Inland Palm Beach

When: February 17, 5:30 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
Where: Inland Palm Beach forecast zone
Crop damage: $50 million
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Freezing temperatures affected interior sections of South Florida behind an arctic cold front which moved across the area the previous day. Low temperatures ranged from 27 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Belle Glade, South Bay and Ortona, to 32 degrees at LaBelle, Clewiston, Immokalee and Royal Palm Beach West. Unofficial observations indicated that temperatures reached the mid and upper 20s in fields near Belle Glade and elsewhere in western Palm Beach County.|Damage to crops was significant in western Palm Beach County, with an estimated $20-50 million in losses to the green bean and sweet corn crops.

Frost/Freeze, Hendry

When: February 17, 5:45 AM EST to 7:15 AM EST
Where: Hendry forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.554, -81.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Freezing temperatures affected interior sections of South Florida behind an arctic cold front which moved across the area the previous day. Low temperatures ranged from 27 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Belle Glade, South Bay and Ortona, to 32 degrees at LaBelle, Clewiston, Immokalee and Royal Palm Beach West. Unofficial observations indicated that temperatures reached the mid and upper 20s in fields near Belle Glade and elsewhere in western Palm Beach County.|Damage to crops was significant in western Palm Beach County, with an estimated $20-50 million in losses to the green bean and sweet corn crops.

Frost/Freeze, Inland Collier

When: February 17, 5:45 AM EST to 7:15 AM EST
Where: Inland Collier forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Freezing temperatures affected interior sections of South Florida behind an arctic cold front which moved across the area the previous day. Low temperatures ranged from 27 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Belle Glade, South Bay and Ortona, to 32 degrees at LaBelle, Clewiston, Immokalee and Royal Palm Beach West. Unofficial observations indicated that temperatures reached the mid and upper 20s in fields near Belle Glade and elsewhere in western Palm Beach County.|Damage to crops was significant in western Palm Beach County, with an estimated $20-50 million in losses to the green bean and sweet corn crops.

Frost/Freeze, Glades

When: February 19, 12:45 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
Where: Glades forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.957, -81.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A reinforcing shot of arctic air moved into South Florida late on February 18th, with freezing temperatures recorded once again overnight into the early morning hours on February 19th. Temperatures ranged from 26 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Immokalee, Ortona, South Bay and Royal Palm Ranger Station to 32 degrees at Homestead, Moore Haven, Monroe Station, LaBelle and Chekika State Park. |Some relatively minor crop damage to green beans and squash was noted in far South Miami-Dade County, but damage estimates were less than 30 percent of crop. Overall crop damage was not as extensive as with the freeze 2 days prior in Palm Beach County.

Frost/Freeze, Inland Palm Beach

When: February 19, 6:00 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
Where: Inland Palm Beach forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A reinforcing shot of arctic air moved into South Florida late on February 18th, with freezing temperatures recorded once again overnight into the early morning hours on February 19th. Temperatures ranged from 26 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Immokalee, Ortona, South Bay and Royal Palm Ranger Station to 32 degrees at Homestead, Moore Haven, Monroe Station, LaBelle and Chekika State Park. |Some relatively minor crop damage to green beans and squash was noted in far South Miami-Dade County, but damage estimates were less than 30 percent of crop. Overall crop damage was not as extensive as with the freeze 2 days prior in Palm Beach County.

Frost/Freeze, Hendry

When: February 19, 6:30 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
Where: Hendry forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.554, -81.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A reinforcing shot of arctic air moved into South Florida late on February 18th, with freezing temperatures recorded once again overnight into the early morning hours on February 19th. Temperatures ranged from 26 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Immokalee, Ortona, South Bay and Royal Palm Ranger Station to 32 degrees at Homestead, Moore Haven, Monroe Station, LaBelle and Chekika State Park. |Some relatively minor crop damage to green beans and squash was noted in far South Miami-Dade County, but damage estimates were less than 30 percent of crop. Overall crop damage was not as extensive as with the freeze 2 days prior in Palm Beach County.

Frost/Freeze, Inland Collier

When: February 19, 6:30 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
Where: Inland Collier forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A reinforcing shot of arctic air moved into South Florida late on February 18th, with freezing temperatures recorded once again overnight into the early morning hours on February 19th. Temperatures ranged from 26 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Immokalee, Ortona, South Bay and Royal Palm Ranger Station to 32 degrees at Homestead, Moore Haven, Monroe Station, LaBelle and Chekika State Park. |Some relatively minor crop damage to green beans and squash was noted in far South Miami-Dade County, but damage estimates were less than 30 percent of crop. Overall crop damage was not as extensive as with the freeze 2 days prior in Palm Beach County.

Frost/Freeze, Metropolitan Miami-Dade

When: February 19, 6:30 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
Where: Metropolitan Miami-Dade forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A reinforcing shot of arctic air moved into South Florida late on February 18th, with freezing temperatures recorded once again overnight into the early morning hours on February 19th. Temperatures ranged from 26 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Immokalee, Ortona, South Bay and Royal Palm Ranger Station to 32 degrees at Homestead, Moore Haven, Monroe Station, LaBelle and Chekika State Park. |Some relatively minor crop damage to green beans and squash was noted in far South Miami-Dade County, but damage estimates were less than 30 percent of crop. Overall crop damage was not as extensive as with the freeze 2 days prior in Palm Beach County.

Frost/Freeze, Inland Miami-Dade

When: February 19, 6:30 AM EST to 7:30 AM EST
Where: Inland Miami-Dade forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A reinforcing shot of arctic air moved into South Florida late on February 18th, with freezing temperatures recorded once again overnight into the early morning hours on February 19th. Temperatures ranged from 26 degrees at Palmdale to 31 degrees at Immokalee, Ortona, South Bay and Royal Palm Ranger Station to 32 degrees at Homestead, Moore Haven, Monroe Station, LaBelle and Chekika State Park. |Some relatively minor crop damage to green beans and squash was noted in far South Miami-Dade County, but damage estimates were less than 30 percent of crop. Overall crop damage was not as extensive as with the freeze 2 days prior in Palm Beach County.

What these are

Frost/Freeze: Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 11755, 11766, 11764, 11765, 11759, 11771, 11767, 11768, 11769, 11770.