Five Points, AL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LAFAYETTE 2W, AL US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Five Points has an annual average temperature of 61.2°F with about 56.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 90.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 30.2°F). January is typically the wettest month (5.70 in) and September the driest (3.53 in).

Annual swing
35.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,790
Cooling need
1,425

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

50 of 366 (13.7%) of Five Points's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1940s
21
1950s
100
1960s
34
1970s
40
1980s
59
1990s
27
2000s
24
2010s
36
2020s
25

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 55.7°F 30.2°F 42.9°F 5.70 in 10
February 60.0°F 33.8°F 46.9°F 5.33 in 10
March 67.6°F 39.4°F 53.5°F 5.70 in 9
April 75.0°F 45.7°F 60.3°F 4.80 in 9
May 81.7°F 55.3°F 68.5°F 4.40 in 9
June 87.0°F 63.5°F 75.3°F 4.48 in 11
July 90.0°F 67.4°F 78.7°F 4.80 in 11
August 88.9°F 66.3°F 77.6°F 4.23 in 10
September 84.2°F 60.5°F 72.4°F 3.53 in 7
October 75.0°F 48.6°F 61.8°F 3.63 in 7
November 65.4°F 37.5°F 51.4°F 4.31 in 8
December 57.5°F 32.8°F 45.2°F 5.61 in 10

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