All-time weather records — Opelika, AL

Record high
102.9°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-7.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.80 in
October 1, 1965

Climate change signal in Opelika

9.8%

of Opelika's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (36 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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
27
39
1960s
75
119
1970s
57
51
1980s
90
67
1990s
32
24
2000s
29
42
2010s
48
20
2020s
8
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 1957, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1957-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 30, 1975 -7.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.40 in — Jan 3, 2017
February 84.0°F — Feb 24, 1980 5.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 6.30 in — Feb 25, 1961
March 89.1°F — Mar 11, 1974 10.9°F — Mar 23, 1986 6.33 in — Mar 17, 1990
April 91.0°F — Apr 16, 1972 25.0°F — Apr 1, 1987 6.62 in — Apr 20, 2020
May 97.0°F — May 22, 1960 33.1°F — May 4, 1976 3.35 in — May 10, 2024
June 100.9°F — Jun 6, 1985 37.0°F — Jun 2, 1984 4.50 in — Jun 19, 1963
July 102.9°F — Jul 1, 2012 48.0°F — Jul 1, 1958 5.50 in — Jul 3, 1988
August 102.9°F — Aug 11, 2007 52.0°F — Aug 23, 1957 4.32 in — Aug 24, 2008
September 99.0°F — Sep 1, 1957 36.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 4.82 in — Sep 17, 2020
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 26.1°F — Oct 24, 2013 6.80 in — Oct 1, 1965
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 1961 16.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 4.10 in — Nov 2, 2015
December 89.1°F — Dec 16, 2001 1.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 6.10 in — Dec 25, 2015

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