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WINTER STATISTICS – HUNTSVILLE

Snow

Month or Time frame

Normal*

Greatest Snowfall (Year(s))

November 0.0 4.0 inches (1966)
December 0.3" 21.4 inches (1963)
January 1.1" 10.2 inches (1940)
February 0.5" 8.8 inches (2015)
March 0.5" 7.3 inches (1993)
Season 2.4" 24.1 inches (1963-1964)
Calendar Day  N/A 15.7 inches (Dec 31, 1963)
Week  N/A

17.1 inches (Dec 26, 1963 - Jan 1, 1964)

 

Normal # of days with measurable snowfall per season* 2  
Earliest Snowfall (one inch or greater) 4.0 inches November 2, 1966
Latest Snowfall (one inch or greater) 2.1 inches March 22, 1966
Most Recent Snowfall (one inch or greater) 1.0 inch March 15, 2015

*Normal Snowfall based on 1981-2010 Climatology

 

Huntsville Winter Snowfall since 1893 (click on the chart for a larger version)

Christmas Snowfall (click here to see more information on Christmas snowfalls)
2.5 inches (2010)
0.3 inches (1989)
Trace amounts in 1909, 1969, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1993, and 2002

 

Temperatures

Month

Normal Max Temperature

Normal Min Temperature

Coldest Max Temperature

Coldest Min Temperature

November

63.7°

41.8°

19° (Nov 25, 1950)

1° (Nov 25, 1950)

December

53.5°

34.4°

9° (Dec 22, 1989)

-3° (Dec 22 and 23, 1989)

January

51.2°

31.8°

11° (Jan 10, 1962)

-11° (Jan 21, 1985 & Jan 30, 1966)

February

55.9°

35.5°

13° (Feb 4, 1996)

-8° (Feb 17, 1958)

March

64.9°

42.2°

22° (Mar 2, 1980)

6° (Mar 3, 1980)

 

Earliest Freeze October 9, 2000
Normal First Freeze November 2nd
Latest Freeze (spring) May 7, 1944
Normal Latest Freeze April 1st

 

 

WINTER STATISTICS – MUSCLE SHOALS

 

Snow

Month or Timeframe

Normal*

Snowfall

November 0.0 5.5 inches (1929)
December 0.4" 11.1 inches (1963)
January 0.4" 10.6 inches (1966)
February 1.0" 12.0 inches (1910)
March 0.4" 5.0 inches (1968)
Season 2.2" 18.5 inches (1967-1968)**
Calendar Day N/A 12.0 inches (Feb 11, 1910)
Week N/A 12.0 inches (Feb 11 - 17 1910)

 

Normal # of days with measurable snowfall per season 2  
Earliest Snowfall (one inch or greater) 3.3 inches November 24, 1938
Latest Snowfall (one inch or greater) 1.0 inch March 28, 1894
Most recent snowfall  3.5 inches February 25, 2015

*Normal Snowfall based on 1981-2010 Climatology

** This number has changed from the previous value since that was an observation from Florence, AL and not the official Muscle Shoals climatological data set.  

 

Muscle Shoals Winter Snowfall since 1893 (click on the chart for a larger version)

Christmas Snowfall (click here to see more information on Christmas snowfalls)
2.4 inches (2010)
Traces in 1897, 1906, 1913, 1948, 1980, 1983, 1992, 1993

 

Temperatures

Month

Normal Max

Normal Min

Coldest Max Temperature

Coldest Min Temperature

November

63.3°

40.9°

23° (Nov 25, 1950)

2° (Nov 25, 1950)

December

52.8°

33.8°

10° (Dec 22, 1989)

-5° (Dec 23, 1989)

January

50.7°

31.3°

5° (Jan 13, 1918)

-11° (Jan 21, 1985)

February

55.4°

35.0°

10° (Feb 12, 1899)

-13° (Feb 14, 1905)

March

64.4°

42.0°

25° (Mar 2, 1980)

7° (Mar 7, 1899)

 

Earliest Freeze October 3, 1908
Average First Freeze November 2nd
Latest Freeze (spring) May 2, 1909
Average Last Freeze  March 29th