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Update: Extreme Cold Warning; Roads And Bridges; School Is In Session Monday
January 25, 2026
Updated: Sunday, 9:00 p.m.
EXTREME COLD
An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect from midnight Sunday until noon Monday for dangerous wind chills (“feels like”) into the single digits. An Extreme Cold Watch is in effect for Monday night.
Highs will struggle to reach 40 on Monday, with overnight lows below freezing every night this week.
For the detailed forecast, click here.
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Out of an abundance of caution, the Escambia County (FL) Road Department will sand roads and bridges from Molino Road north to the Alabama state line**.**
According to the National Weather Service in Mobile, black ice is not expected.
“We are anticipating the dry northwesterly winds in the wake of the front to really aid in drying out the roads this evening. We do not expect black ice later tonight – the roads will be dry by then,” the forecaster wrote.
SCHOOLS
Escambia, FL: Escambia County (FL) Public Schools have not announced any closures or changes for Monday. Escambia Christian School in Pensacola will be closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Santa Rosa, FL: Santa Rosa County District Schools have confirmed that school will be in session on Monday.
Escambia, AL: The Escambia County (AL) School District has specifically announced that schools will be in session as scheduled on Monday with no plans to cancel or delay school. Students may wear school-appropriate winter coats or jackets to stay warm during arrival and dismissal. Escambia Academy will be closed on Monday. Coastal Alabama Community College campuses will have a delayed opening at 11 a.m.
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14 Responses to “Update: Extreme Cold Warning; Roads And Bridges; School Is In Session Monday”
Schools NEED to be closed in this extremely cold weather
I haven’t seen coats to help with wind chill in the twenties. I watch the little ones heading to elem school. They don’t have the right clothes.
Wow.. all these comments about closing the schools due to cold weather.. kids up north go in this weather.. bundle the kids up and send them.. yes it isnt normal for us here in florida but get over it.. as all of yall will be griping if they got to stay home and then have to make it up at end of year..
Here it is 7:15 a.m. and there is no ice. All of you whining about school needing to be closed need to get a grip.
Just woke up to gusts of wind blowing on top of the freezing weather , Truly don’t understand why the the kids should go to school today. This can cause a child getting sick and if not sick definitely catching pneumonia. You can even hear the tree’s blowing outside, I’m extremely concerned.
Seriously , to the people commenting and anyone reading, if you have school children , and are shocked schools aren’t canceled, but think they should be. Just keep your children out of school for the day. It blows my mind that you leave what is deemed best for your family up to a bunch of strangers. Then go online to complain about it. Keep the children home for the day. When they see attendance down 45 percent for the day the stooges will remember and take it into future decision making, and you will help teach your children the valuable lesson of family first, family decides what’s best for family. Not random school board officials that no one has ever met. Or ever will.
Schools need to be closed. This is ridiculous to send kids to school in these kind of weather conditions. It is going to be freezing cold, windchills below freezing while we are already dealing with an abundance of Flu, Covid and viral colds. Escambia close the schools.
Hey escambia county, please cancel the schools, I have multiple children who don’t ride the bus in the mornings because I can provide transportation but in this climate that most Floridians aren’t use too, it’s to risky for not only the bus driver but the kids and staff who have to show up. Please cancel school, the roads are dangerous and we can’t put these childrens safety at risk. Thank you
I believe school should be canceled in escambia County pensacola, it is highly dangerous for the bus drivers to be driving on icy roads with a bus full of kids. These SBOs were not taught how to drive on ice because icy roads arent expected in Florida usually. This is mad dangerous, unsafe, all the above. Escambia County school board do better.
Wow, my mother has to drive me to school (St john catholic) in this climate!?
Just simply drive with caution.
There has been no ice storm or snow. Cautiously cross bridges.
In disbelief the schools are being told to stay open. I’m holding out that there’s still time to keep those cars and kids off those icey roads.
Wow very bad decision making Escambia County Fl. Shame on y’all when on of your buses hit that ice with kids on board.
What’s more important a missed day of classroom time or kids and employees life.
Here it is at 8:00 pm and pooring down rain. How will the roads be dry by midnight when the freeze comes???