All-time weather records — Sylacauga, AL

Record high
104.0°F
August 19, 1995
Record low
-4.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.38 in
May 5, 2021

Climate change signal in Sylacauga

17.8%

of Sylacauga's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (65 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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
33
30
1960s
35
87
1970s
46
28
1980s
56
67
1990s
74
73
2000s
33
30
2010s
62
32
2020s
27
19

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 1955, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1950-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 10, 1974 -4.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.52 in — Jan 3, 2017
February 82.9°F — Feb 27, 1962 3.9°F — Feb 18, 1958 4.40 in — Feb 3, 1982
March 90.0°F — Mar 24, 1995 10.0°F — Mar 14, 1993 5.73 in — Mar 16, 2025
April 91.0°F — Apr 17, 1955 21.0°F — Apr 9, 2000 4.31 in — Apr 13, 1955
May 99.0°F — May 27, 1970 33.1°F — May 2, 1963 6.38 in — May 5, 2021
June 100.9°F — Jun 30, 2012 35.1°F — Jun 15, 1988 6.10 in — Jun 9, 2022
July 102.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 15, 1967 5.03 in — Jul 10, 2022
August 104.0°F — Aug 19, 1995 45.0°F — Aug 30, 1968 4.00 in — Aug 14, 1993
September 99.0°F — Sep 18, 2019 32.0°F — Sep 30, 1967 5.97 in — Sep 22, 1995
October 99.0°F — Oct 4, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 8, 2000 6.05 in — Oct 5, 1995
November 88.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 14.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 4.00 in — Nov 24, 1983
December 80.1°F — Dec 9, 2022 3.0°F — Dec 26, 1983 4.65 in — Dec 3, 1983

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