All-time weather records — Bessemer, AL

Record high
109.0°F
August 20, 1998
Record low
-6.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
8.80 in
December 3, 1983

Climate change signal in Bessemer

13.9%

of Bessemer's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (51 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1970s
23
22
1980s
130
113
1990s
97
151
2000s
58
39
2010s
43
35
2020s
15
6

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 1977, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1977-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 2, 2006 -6.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.25 in — Jan 26, 1996
February 89.1°F — Feb 7, 1999 3.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.00 in — Feb 10, 2020
March 90.0°F — Mar 23, 1995 6.1°F — Mar 14, 1993 4.87 in — Mar 17, 1980
April 98.1°F — Apr 23, 1987 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1987 4.20 in — Apr 6, 2025
May 102.0°F — May 30, 1986 36.0°F — May 13, 1997 3.70 in — May 15, 1983
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 43.0°F — Jun 1, 1984 4.44 in — Jun 4, 1982
July 108.0°F — Jul 17, 1980 52.0°F — Jul 15, 1987 4.00 in — Jul 27, 1985
August 109.0°F — Aug 20, 1998 46.9°F — Aug 4, 1998 4.35 in — Aug 2, 2012
September 102.9°F — Sep 4, 1990 36.0°F — Sep 27, 2011 6.60 in — Sep 16, 2004
October 102.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 24, 1998 6.30 in — Oct 3, 1995
November 90.0°F — Nov 1, 2000 16.0°F — Nov 30, 1999 3.25 in — Nov 16, 2014
December 88.0°F — Dec 30, 1990 -0.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 8.80 in — Dec 3, 1983

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