Alexander City, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Alexander City's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 57.0 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.7 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.1°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,448 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAlexander City
- Station IDUSC00010160
- Location32.95°N 85.95°W
- Elevation640 ft (195 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population14,439
On October 23, the normal high in Alexander City is 74°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Alexander City.
- Jan 56° 32°
- Feb 60° 35°
- Mar 68° 42°
- Apr 75° 48°
- May 82° 58°
- Jun 88° 66°
- Jul 91° 70°
- Aug 90° 69°
- Sep 86° 63°
- Oct 77° 51°
- Nov 66° 40°
- Dec 58° 35°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Alexander City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in January (5.72 in), the least in October (2.86 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 32°F | 44.1°F | 5.72 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 60°F | 35°F | 47.7°F | 5.49 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 42°F | 54.8°F | 5.64 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 48°F | 61.8°F | 4.64 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 58°F | 70.1°F | 4.46 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 66°F | 77.1°F | 4.76 | 11 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 91°F | 70°F | 80.5°F | 5.21 | 11 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 90°F | 69°F | 79.4°F | 4.70 | 11 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 86°F | 63°F | 74.2°F | 3.64 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 51°F | 63.7°F | 2.86 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 66°F | 40°F | 53.4°F | 4.40 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 35°F | 46.6°F | 5.47 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 51°F | 62.8°F | 56.99 | 112 | 62 | 59 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 145 mm |
| February | 16°C | 2°C | 8.7°C | 139 mm |
| March | 20°C | 5°C | 12.7°C | 143 mm |
| April | 24°C | 9°C | 16.6°C | 118 mm |
| May | 28°C | 14°C | 21.2°C | 113 mm |
| June | 31°C | 19°C | 25.1°C | 121 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 26.9°C | 132 mm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 119 mm |
| September | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 92 mm |
| October | 25°C | 10°C | 17.6°C | 73 mm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 11.9°C | 112 mm |
| December | 15°C | 2°C | 8.1°C | 139 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00010160; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Alexander City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00010160.
When is the last frost in Alexander City?
In Alexander City, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 26 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 8 in half of years and before October 27 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 261 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 81 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 227 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 254 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 12 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Alexander City in zone 8a in ZIP code 35010. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Alexander City's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Alabama · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00010160; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Alexander City?
In a normal year in Alexander City, 62 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 59 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 112 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 62a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 59a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 112a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1969) is 105°F, on August 11, 2007; the lowest is −6°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 81.42 in; the snowiest season is 1991–92, with 5.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00010160; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00010160. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Alexander City?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Alexander City, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.8 |
| February | 70% | 3.4 |
| March | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 82% | 6.3 |
| June | 80% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 3.2 |
| December | 71% | 2.5 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Alexander City need?
A normal year in Alexander City brings 2,683 heating degree days, 50% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,903 cooling degree days, 2.1 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,363 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 650 | 0 |
| February | 487 | 1 |
| March | 328 | 11 |
| April | 141 | 46 |
| May | 28 | 184 |
| June | 0 | 365 |
| July | 0 | 479 |
| August | 0 | 446 |
| September | 6 | 282 |
| October | 115 | 76 |
| November | 359 | 9 |
| December | 570 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,683 | 1,903 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00010160. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Alexander City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.5°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.8°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62.9°F | +0.1°F | 57.13 |
| 2024 | 64.3°F | +1.5°F | 64.35 |
| 2025 | 63.5°F | +0.7°F | 49.57 |
Over 41 complete years from 1970 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.2°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00010160; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Alexander City's climate compare?
Alexander City is warmer than 32 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 34. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.8°F is warmer than 82%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Alexander City is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Alexander City share this climate record?
7 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Goodwater, AL1,255 people · 10 mi NW
- New Site, AL767 people · 11 mi NE
- Jacksons' Gap, AL749 people · 9 mi SE
- Our Town, AL596 people · 7 mi S
- Hackneyville, AL519 people · 8 mi N
- Kellyton, AL127 people · 6 mi NW
- Goldville, AL55 people · 14 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Alexander City's climate
What is the coldest month in Alexander City?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Alexander City?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.7 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Alexander City?
January, with 5.72 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.86 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Alexander City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Alexander City in zone 8a in ZIP code 35010. By the same method at Alexander City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Alexander City?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 26; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Rockford, AL14 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Camp Hill, AL19 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Sylacauga, AL24 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Ashland, AL26 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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