Opelika, AL
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from OPELIKA, AL US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Opelika has an annual average temperature of 62.3°F with about 55.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 33.0°F). December is typically the wettest month (5.67 in) and September the driest (3.34 in).
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All-time records →36 of 366 (9.8%) of Opelika'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.
| 1950s | 27 | |
| 1960s | 75 | |
| 1970s | 57 | |
| 1980s | 90 | |
| 1990s | 32 | |
| 2000s | 29 | |
| 2010s | 48 | |
| 2020s | 8 |
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 | 55.6°F | 33.0°F | 44.3°F | 5.05 in | — | 10 |
| February | 59.5°F | 36.1°F | 47.8°F | 5.33 in | — | 9 |
| March | 67.0°F | 42.1°F | 54.6°F | 5.50 in | — | 8 |
| April | 74.1°F | 48.5°F | 61.3°F | 4.79 in | — | 8 |
| May | 81.1°F | 57.7°F | 69.4°F | 4.01 in | — | 7 |
| June | 86.8°F | 65.4°F | 76.1°F | 4.50 in | — | 10 |
| July | 89.5°F | 69.1°F | 79.3°F | 4.77 in | — | 10 |
| August | 88.5°F | 68.6°F | 78.6°F | 4.36 in | — | 9 |
| September | 84.2°F | 62.9°F | 73.5°F | 3.34 in | — | 7 |
| October | 75.1°F | 50.6°F | 62.9°F | 3.61 in | — | 6 |
| November | 65.8°F | 40.2°F | 53.0°F | 4.27 in | — | 7 |
| December | 57.8°F | 35.4°F | 46.6°F | 5.67 in | — | 10 |
Climate twins of Opelika
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).