All-time weather records — Hamilton, AL

Record high
109.0°F
August 16, 2007
Record low
-18.9°F
January 30, 1966
Wettest day
9.06 in
March 16, 1973

Climate change signal in Hamilton

13.4%

of Hamilton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (49 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1960s
40
86
1970s
30
68
1980s
71
93
1990s
49
34
2000s
90
44
2010s
80
37
2020s
6
4

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 1962, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1962-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -18.9°F — Jan 30, 1966 5.02 in — Jan 1, 2011
February 87.1°F — Feb 24, 1996 -0.9°F — Feb 1, 1966 5.13 in — Feb 11, 2020
March 90.0°F — Mar 21, 2012 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 9.06 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1987 21.0°F — Apr 1, 1987 5.26 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 98.1°F — May 26, 1996 30.0°F — May 4, 1976 5.43 in — May 3, 1997
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 3.9°F — Jun 7, 1998 3.41 in — Jun 10, 1975
July 107.1°F — Jul 16, 1980 48.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 4.55 in — Jul 4, 2015
August 109.0°F — Aug 16, 2007 46.0°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.78 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 104.0°F — Sep 5, 2000 30.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.35 in — Sep 14, 2007
October 102.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 26, 1962 4.01 in — Oct 17, 1975
November 91.0°F — Nov 2, 2016 9.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 5.47 in — Nov 24, 2004
December 81.0°F — Dec 6, 1998 -5.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.88 in — Dec 26, 2015

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