All-time weather records — Arab, AL

Record high
106.0°F
July 17, 1980
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.95 in
September 6, 2011

Climate change signal in Arab

13.7%

of Arab's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (50 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1900s
·
·
1910s
27
32
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
·
·
1950s
56
46
1960s
56
86
1970s
26
75
1980s
68
68
1990s
62
31
2000s
15
11
2010s
39
14
2020s
17
3

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1910, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1904-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 2, 2022 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.85 in — Jan 5, 1949
February 82.0°F — Feb 13, 1962 -2.0°F — Feb 17, 1958 5.12 in — Feb 11, 1994
March 88.0°F — Mar 25, 1910 10.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.30 in — Mar 12, 1977
April 93.9°F — Apr 26, 1986 25.0°F — Apr 1, 1987 5.01 in — Apr 29, 1963
May 99.0°F — May 17, 1962 30.9°F — May 10, 1989 4.73 in — May 3, 1997
June 102.9°F — Jun 26, 1988 44.1°F — Jun 4, 1956 4.25 in — Jun 23, 1919
July 106.0°F — Jul 17, 1980 46.9°F — Jul 1, 1970 6.30 in — Jul 9, 1946
August 105.1°F — Aug 21, 1983 48.0°F — Aug 29, 1992 5.76 in — Aug 30, 1981
September 102.0°F — Sep 4, 1954 37.9°F — Sep 30, 1967 8.95 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 99.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 26.1°F — Oct 28, 1957 4.17 in — Oct 30, 1918
November 87.1°F — Nov 2, 2016 7.0°F — Nov 30, 1979 3.62 in — Nov 19, 1948
December 78.1°F — Dec 6, 1998 -2.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.79 in — Dec 26, 2015

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Arab.