Muscle Shoals, AL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MUSCLE SHOALS WTP, AL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Muscle Shoals has an annual average temperature of 60.7°F with about 58 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 90.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 29.4°F). December is typically the wettest month (6.18 in) and October the driest (3.85 in).
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All-time records →298 of 366 (81.4%) of Muscle Shoals'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.
| 2010s | 226 | |
| 2020s | 140 |
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 | 50.8°F | 29.4°F | 40.1°F | 5.25 in | — | — |
| February | 55.0°F | 32.2°F | 43.6°F | 5.27 in | — | — |
| March | 63.9°F | 39.5°F | 51.7°F | 5.36 in | — | — |
| April | 72.8°F | 48.0°F | 60.4°F | 5.42 in | — | — |
| May | 80.0°F | 57.4°F | 68.7°F | 4.73 in | — | — |
| June | 87.2°F | 65.9°F | 76.6°F | 5.17 in | — | — |
| July | 90.0°F | 69.4°F | 79.7°F | 4.76 in | — | — |
| August | 89.8°F | 68.4°F | 79.1°F | 3.91 in | — | — |
| September | 84.7°F | 61.7°F | 73.2°F | 4.04 in | — | — |
| October | 74.5°F | 49.2°F | 61.9°F | 3.85 in | — | — |
| November | 62.5°F | 38.1°F | 50.3°F | 4.09 in | — | — |
| December | 53.6°F | 32.4°F | 43.0°F | 6.18 in | — | — |
Climate twins of Muscle Shoals
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).