Muscle Shoals, AL

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MUSCLE SHOALS WTP, AL US.

Cfa Humid subtropical climate 8a USDA hardiness Zone 8a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
39.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,120
Cooling need
1,569

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Climate change signal

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

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