All-time weather records — Selma, AL

Record high
108.0°F
June 28, 1954
Record low
-5.1°F
February 13, 1899
Wettest day
9.75 in
March 16, 1990

Climate change signal in Selma

9.6%

of Selma's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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
17
18
1900s
50
47
1910s
41
62
1920s
69
17
1930s
47
15
1940s
12
26
1950s
53
38
1960s
14
26
1970s
9
31
1980s
11
27
1990s
2
20
2000s
5
16
2010s
17
14
2020s
19
9

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 22, 1927 0.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 5.90 in — Jan 10, 2026
February 84.9°F — Feb 23, 2019 -5.1°F — Feb 13, 1899 5.31 in — Feb 3, 1982
March 91.9°F — Mar 22, 1907 18.0°F — Mar 4, 1980 9.75 in — Mar 16, 1990
April 95.0°F — Apr 16, 1925 15.1°F — Apr 26, 1907 8.74 in — Apr 8, 1938
May 100.0°F — May 27, 1953 37.0°F — May 1, 2001 4.84 in — May 11, 2025
June 108.0°F — Jun 28, 1954 10.9°F — Jun 26, 1997 6.10 in — Jun 5, 1928
July 107.1°F — Jul 14, 1980 57.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 4.87 in — Jul 8, 1916
August 105.1°F — Aug 12, 1954 55.9°F — Aug 21, 1927 5.35 in — Aug 15, 1939
September 105.1°F — Sep 5, 1925 39.9°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.15 in — Sep 29, 1998
October 102.9°F — Oct 5, 2019 27.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 6.09 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 99.0°F — Nov 9, 1907 12.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.07 in — Nov 28, 1918
December 93.9°F — Dec 10, 1906 5.0°F — Dec 13, 1962 7.08 in — Dec 10, 1961

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