All-time weather records — Helena, AL

Record high
107.1°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
3.9°F
January 30, 2014
Wettest day
6.64 in
September 16, 2004

Climate change signal in Helena

38%

of Helena's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (139 of 366 records since 2015).

26.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (97 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 #
2000s
104
147
2010s
248
190
2020s
14
29

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 2004, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 2000-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 13, 2017 3.9°F — Jan 30, 2014 2.78 in — Jan 2, 2020
February 82.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 14.0°F — Feb 5, 2009 3.08 in — Feb 10, 2020
March 89.1°F — Mar 25, 2007 19.9°F — Mar 6, 2015 5.39 in — Mar 10, 2010
April 91.9°F — Apr 18, 2006 28.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.69 in — Apr 19, 2020
May 97.0°F — May 31, 2016 39.0°F — May 4, 2004 6.44 in — May 4, 2021
June 107.1°F — Jun 30, 2012 52.0°F — Jun 2, 2012 3.37 in — Jun 19, 2021
July 105.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 55.9°F — Jul 30, 2014 4.77 in — Jul 31, 2012
August 107.1°F — Aug 15, 2007 53.1°F — Aug 14, 2004 2.59 in — Aug 12, 2004
September 100.9°F — Sep 9, 2019 46.0°F — Sep 29, 2006 6.64 in — Sep 16, 2004
October 102.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 29, 2008 3.01 in — Oct 25, 2019
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 18.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.88 in — Nov 16, 2014
December 80.1°F — Dec 10, 2007 14.0°F — Dec 14, 2010 2.77 in — Dec 8, 2018

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