All-time weather records — Athens, AL

Record high
104.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-0.9°F
February 4, 1996
Wettest day
6.33 in
April 27, 2011

Climate change signal in Athens

39.1%

of Athens's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (143 of 366 records since 2015).

15%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (55 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 #
1940s
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1950s
·
·
1960s
·
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1990s
47
173
2000s
107
95
2010s
156
59
2020s
56
39

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 1993, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1941-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 1, 2022 0.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 4.95 in — Jan 22, 1999
February 84.0°F — Feb 23, 2023 -0.9°F — Feb 4, 1996 4.85 in — Feb 1, 1951
March 87.1°F — Mar 27, 2020 9.0°F — Mar 2, 1996 4.16 in — Mar 29, 1951
April 91.0°F — Apr 18, 2006 23.0°F — Apr 3, 1992 6.33 in — Apr 27, 2011
May 93.9°F — May 25, 1996 37.0°F — May 9, 2020 6.32 in — May 6, 2003
June 104.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 46.9°F — Jun 2, 1993 3.12 in — Jun 15, 1949
July 102.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 57.0°F — Jul 5, 2014 4.83 in — Jul 4, 2013
August 104.0°F — Aug 15, 2007 50.0°F — Aug 29, 1992 3.32 in — Aug 10, 1950
September 100.0°F — Sep 5, 1999 39.0°F — Sep 30, 1993 4.70 in — Sep 24, 1997
October 102.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 28, 2001 3.10 in — Oct 13, 2014
November 87.1°F — Nov 1, 2016 16.0°F — Nov 5, 1991 4.02 in — Nov 1, 1999
December 78.1°F — Dec 24, 2015 3.0°F — Dec 23, 2022 5.76 in — Dec 13, 1956

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