All-time weather records — Russellville, AL

Record high
106.0°F
June 30, 2012
Record low
-24.0°F
January 30, 1966
Wettest day
8.40 in
March 16, 1973

Climate change signal in Russellville

12%

of Russellville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (44 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
68
42
1960s
37
139
1970s
38
75
1980s
27
66
1990s
34
30
2000s
68
8
2010s
84
1
2020s
10
5

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 1953, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1953-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 25, 1972 -24.0°F — Jan 30, 1966 3.90 in — Jan 11, 2020
February 84.0°F — Feb 24, 1996 -11.9°F — Feb 18, 1958 6.75 in — Feb 19, 1991
March 87.1°F — Mar 17, 2016 5.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 8.40 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 91.9°F — Apr 19, 2006 21.9°F — Apr 11, 1973 3.85 in — Apr 6, 1983
May 95.0°F — May 17, 1962 30.9°F — May 4, 1971 6.10 in — May 8, 1984
June 106.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 36.0°F — Jun 3, 1969 4.95 in — Jun 1, 1997
July 102.9°F — Jul 18, 1980 45.0°F — Jul 8, 1970 4.15 in — Jul 24, 2013
August 106.0°F — Aug 16, 2007 46.0°F — Aug 28, 1967 6.85 in — Aug 30, 2005
September 102.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.33 in — Sep 14, 1979
October 98.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.0°F — Oct 28, 1961 4.20 in — Oct 14, 2014
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 10.0°F — Nov 24, 1970 3.80 in — Nov 2, 1999
December 84.9°F — Dec 25, 1964 -7.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.31 in — Dec 29, 1954

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