All-time weather records — Leighton, AL

Record high
107.1°F
June 29, 2012
Record low
-11.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.01 in
March 15, 2025

Climate change signal in Leighton

22.4%

of Leighton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (82 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1940s
39
36
1950s
47
38
1960s
37
92
1970s
21
61
1980s
36
62
1990s
15
18
2000s
48
32
2010s
90
21
2020s
33
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 1941, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1940-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 10, 1949 -11.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.41 in — Jan 31, 1951
February 86.0°F — Feb 23, 2023 -2.0°F — Feb 18, 1958 5.03 in — Feb 12, 1948
March 88.0°F — Mar 22, 2026 10.0°F — Mar 3, 1943 6.01 in — Mar 15, 2025
April 93.0°F — Apr 18, 2006 26.1°F — Apr 7, 2007 5.34 in — Apr 5, 1983
May 99.0°F — May 29, 1941 36.0°F — May 4, 1971 3.32 in — May 17, 1980
June 107.1°F — Jun 29, 2012 44.1°F — Jun 1, 1972 5.60 in — Jun 12, 1992
July 106.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 53.1°F — Jul 6, 1972 5.60 in — Jul 28, 1972
August 107.1°F — Aug 15, 2007 52.0°F — Aug 15, 2004 3.51 in — Aug 29, 2005
September 102.9°F — Sep 4, 1954 39.0°F — Sep 23, 1982 5.71 in — Sep 13, 1979
October 100.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 25.0°F — Oct 27, 1961 3.24 in — Oct 24, 1986
November 89.1°F — Nov 1, 2016 1.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.98 in — Nov 30, 2019
December 78.1°F — Dec 6, 1998 -5.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.20 in — Dec 1, 1991

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