All-time weather records — Section, AL

Record high
109.0°F
July 13, 1930
Record low
-13.0°F
February 12, 1899
Wettest day
6.80 in
December 23, 1990

Climate change signal in Section

9.3%

of Section's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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 #
1890s
27
35
1900s
26
38
1910s
19
40
1920s
39
28
1930s
59
16
1940s
33
23
1950s
43
25
1960s
7
57
1970s
17
32
1980s
30
34
1990s
6
19
2000s
23
10
2010s
25
6
2020s
12
3

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 1894, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1891-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 11, 1949 -9.9°F — Jan 26, 1940 4.19 in — Jan 7, 2009
February 84.9°F — Feb 23, 2023 -13.0°F — Feb 12, 1899 4.10 in — Feb 16, 1995
March 90.0°F — Mar 25, 1929 5.0°F — Mar 6, 1899 4.88 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 91.9°F — Apr 30, 1943 23.0°F — Apr 3, 1992 5.55 in — Apr 5, 1892
May 98.1°F — May 14, 1899 30.9°F — May 2, 1909 5.00 in — May 3, 1997
June 107.1°F — Jun 28, 1931 39.0°F — Jun 3, 1956 4.40 in — Jun 2, 1909
July 109.0°F — Jul 13, 1930 39.0°F — Jul 31, 1924 6.00 in — Jul 16, 1894
August 106.0°F — Aug 24, 2007 46.0°F — Aug 23, 1982 6.60 in — Aug 17, 2010
September 108.0°F — Sep 9, 1925 34.0°F — Sep 26, 1899 5.36 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 100.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 26, 1968 4.70 in — Oct 26, 1997
November 88.0°F — Nov 25, 1902 1.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.90 in — Nov 17, 1927
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 1951 -0.9°F — Dec 25, 1983 6.80 in — Dec 23, 1990

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