Ashland, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Ashland's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 59.7 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.2°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,516 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAshland (3 mi ENE)
- Station IDUSC00010369
- Location33.29°N 85.78°W
- Elevation1,022 ft (312 m)
- Population1,945
On October 23, the normal high in Ashland is 74°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Ashland.
- Jan 55° 31°
- Feb 59° 34°
- Mar 67° 40°
- Apr 74° 47°
- May 81° 55°
- Jun 87° 63°
- Jul 90° 67°
- Aug 89° 66°
- Sep 84° 60°
- Oct 76° 49°
- Nov 66° 38°
- Dec 57° 33°
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 Ashland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in January (6.09 in), the least in September (3.50 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 31°F | 43.0°F | 6.09 | 0.3 | 11 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 34°F | 46.4°F | 6.02 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 40°F | 53.2°F | 6.03 | 0.6 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 12 h |
| April | 74°F | 47°F | 60.5°F | 4.67 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 55°F | 68.0°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 87°F | 63°F | 75.0°F | 4.63 | 0.0 | 12 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 90°F | 67°F | 78.3°F | 4.75 | 0.0 | 13 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 89°F | 66°F | 77.5°F | 5.11 | 0.0 | 11 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 60°F | 72.1°F | 3.50 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 49°F | 62.3°F | 3.77 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 38°F | 51.9°F | 4.85 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 33°F | 45.1°F | 5.64 | 0.5 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 49°F | 61.1°F | 59.70 | 1.6 | 121 | 40 | 65 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 155 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 15°C | 1°C | 8.0°C | 153 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 19°C | 4°C | 11.8°C | 153 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 24°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 13°C | 20.0°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 17°C | 23.9°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 19°C | 25.7°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.8°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 3°C | 11.1°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 143 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00010369; 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 Ashland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00010369.
When is the last frost in Ashland?
In Ashland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 20 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
- April 41 year in 10 after April 19; 9 in 10 after March 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 236 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 22 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Ashland in zone 8a in ZIP code 36251, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Ashland's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (19 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 USC00010369; 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 Ashland?
In a normal year in Ashland, 40 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 65 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 121 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 40a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 65a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 121a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1957) is 106°F, on July 17, 1980; the lowest is −7°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 76.02 in; the snowiest season is 1982–83, with 10.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00010369; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00010369. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Ashland?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Ashland, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.7 |
| February | 67% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 79% | 6.2 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 78% | 4.0 |
| November | 77% | 3.1 |
| December | 69% | 2.3 |
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 Ashland need?
A normal year in Ashland brings 2,954 heating degree days, 45% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,561 cooling degree days, 72% more than 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 4,874 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 682 | 0 |
| February | 521 | 1 |
| March | 373 | 7 |
| April | 167 | 32 |
| May | 43 | 136 |
| June | 2 | 302 |
| July | 0 | 412 |
| August | 0 | 386 |
| September | 10 | 223 |
| October | 140 | 55 |
| November | 399 | 6 |
| December | 616 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,954 | 1,561 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00010369. 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.
How does Ashland's climate compare?
Ashland is warmer than 15 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 54. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.1°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Ashland 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 Ashland share this climate record?
3 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.
- Lineville, AL2,486 people · 2 mi NE
- Millerville, AL389 people · 11 mi SW
- Delta, AL233 people · 12 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 Ashland's climate
What is the coldest month in Ashland?
January, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Ashland?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (0.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Ashland?
January, with 6.09 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.50 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Ashland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Ashland in zone 8a in ZIP code 36251, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Ashland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Ashland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 19. Waiting until April 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Anniston, AL21 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Talladega, AL22 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Sylacauga, AL25 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Alexander City, AL26 miles from this station, 62.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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