All-time weather records — Huntsville, AL

Record high
106.0°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
9.07 in
December 22, 1990

Climate change signal in Huntsville

21.9%

of Huntsville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (80 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 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 #
1950s
15
7
1960s
74
104
1970s
15
59
1980s
37
75
1990s
39
53
2000s
58
29
2010s
110
26
2020s
18
13

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 1958, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1958-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 1, 2022 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.83 in — Jan 3, 1982
February 82.9°F — Feb 23, 1996 1.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 4.04 in — Feb 10, 1994
March 88.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 6.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 5.24 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 91.9°F — Apr 16, 1967 25.0°F — Apr 7, 2007 3.85 in — Apr 5, 1983
May 96.1°F — May 19, 1962 36.0°F — May 3, 1971 4.64 in — May 16, 1980
June 106.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 45.0°F — Jun 1, 1972 4.46 in — Jun 14, 1969
July 105.1°F — Jul 1, 2012 53.1°F — Jul 15, 1967 4.81 in — Jul 5, 2001
August 105.1°F — Aug 15, 2007 51.1°F — Aug 13, 2004 4.29 in — Aug 10, 1986
September 100.9°F — Sep 5, 1999 37.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.42 in — Sep 5, 2011
October 100.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 27, 1961 4.86 in — Oct 7, 1975
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 15.1°F — Nov 23, 1976 3.93 in — Nov 30, 2010
December 79.0°F — Dec 4, 1998 -2.9°F — Dec 22, 1989 9.07 in — Dec 22, 1990

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