All-time weather records — Birmingham, AL

Record high
107.1°F
July 29, 1930
Record low
-6.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.75 in
September 16, 2004

Climate change signal in Birmingham

13.7%

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

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1930s
50
20
1940s
36
38
1950s
51
51
1960s
36
70
1970s
29
46
1980s
47
66
1990s
22
38
2000s
27
14
2010s
52
18
2020s
16
5

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 1930, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 10, 1949 -6.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.71 in — Jan 26, 1996
February 82.9°F — Feb 13, 1962 3.0°F — Feb 17, 1958 5.46 in — Feb 21, 1961
March 89.1°F — Mar 19, 1982 1.9°F — Mar 14, 1993 6.91 in — Mar 19, 1970
April 91.9°F — Apr 21, 1987 26.1°F — Apr 11, 1973 4.61 in — Apr 12, 1979
May 99.0°F — May 28, 1962 36.0°F — May 4, 1971 5.71 in — May 7, 2003
June 106.0°F — Jun 29, 1931 42.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 6.97 in — Jun 8, 2022
July 107.1°F — Jul 29, 1930 51.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 5.47 in — Jul 27, 1985
August 105.1°F — Aug 15, 2007 51.1°F — Aug 31, 1946 4.15 in — Aug 2, 1941
September 102.0°F — Sep 19, 1931 37.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 9.75 in — Sep 16, 2004
October 100.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 27.0°F — Oct 28, 1957 6.94 in — Oct 3, 1995
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 5.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.41 in — Nov 27, 1983
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1951 1.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 7.70 in — Dec 27, 1942

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