Auburn, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Auburn's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 56.5 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 17.6°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,435 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAuburn No.2
- Station IDUSC00010425
- Location32.60°N 85.47°W
- Elevation545 ft (166 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population83,757
On October 22, the normal high in Auburn is 73°F and the normal low 52°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 Auburn.
- Jan 56° 35°
- Feb 61° 39°
- Mar 68° 45°
- Apr 75° 51°
- May 81° 60°
- Jun 87° 68°
- Jul 89° 71°
- Aug 88° 71°
- Sep 84° 66°
- Oct 75° 54°
- Nov 65° 43°
- Dec 58° 38°
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 Auburn each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in March (5.74 in), the least in October (3.38 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 35°F | 45.7°F | 5.31 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 39°F | 49.9°F | 5.14 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 45°F | 56.4°F | 5.74 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 51°F | 63.0°F | 4.79 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 60°F | 70.8°F | 3.95 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 87°F | 68°F | 77.1°F | 5.74 | 12 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 89°F | 71°F | 80.0°F | 4.83 | 12 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 88°F | 71°F | 79.4°F | 4.31 | 11 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 84°F | 66°F | 74.5°F | 3.49 | 7 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 54°F | 64.4°F | 3.38 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 65°F | 43°F | 54.0°F | 4.20 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 58°F | 38°F | 47.6°F | 5.61 | 11 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 53°F | 63.6°F | 56.49 | 118 | 49 | 44 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 2°C | 7.6°C | 135 mm |
| February | 16°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 131 mm |
| March | 20°C | 7°C | 13.6°C | 146 mm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.2°C | 122 mm |
| May | 27°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 100 mm |
| June | 30°C | 20°C | 25.1°C | 146 mm |
| July | 32°C | 22°C | 26.7°C | 123 mm |
| August | 31°C | 21°C | 26.3°C | 109 mm |
| September | 29°C | 19°C | 23.6°C | 89 mm |
| October | 24°C | 12°C | 18.0°C | 86 mm |
| November | 18°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 107 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.7°C | 142 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00010425; 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 Auburn?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00010425.
When is the last frost in Auburn?
In Auburn, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 13 in half of years and after April 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 in half of years and before November 1 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 131 year in 10 after April 3; 9 in 10 after February 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before November 1; 9 in 10 before December 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 246 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 277 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 28 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Auburn in zone 8b across its 3 ZIP code areas (8b in 36830, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Auburn's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (20 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 USC00010425; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Auburn ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Auburn's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 8b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Auburn?
In a normal year in Auburn, 49 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 44 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 118 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 49a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 44a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 118a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1996) is 103°F, on August 18, 2000; the lowest is 8°F, on January 8, 2017.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 72.21 in; the snowiest season is 2001–02, with 4.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00010425; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00010425. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Auburn?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Auburn, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (70%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 210th (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| 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 Auburn need?
A normal year in Auburn brings 2,414 heating degree days, 55% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,916 cooling degree days, 2.1 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,511 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 599 | 0 |
| February | 425 | 2 |
| March | 281 | 13 |
| April | 110 | 50 |
| May | 18 | 196 |
| June | 0 | 365 |
| July | 0 | 465 |
| August | 0 | 445 |
| September | 5 | 290 |
| October | 100 | 83 |
| November | 335 | 6 |
| December | 541 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 2,414 | 1,916 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00010425. 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 Auburn been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 64.8°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.6°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.7°F | −0.9°F | 64.19 |
| 2024 | 65.9°F | +2.3°F | 63.95 |
| 2025 | 64.8°F | +1.2°F | 46.17 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00010425. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Auburn's climate compare?
Auburn is warmer than 42 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 27. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.6°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Auburn 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 Auburn share this climate record?
2 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.
- Notasulga, AL871 people · 12 mi W
- Loachapoka, AL163 people · 8 mi W
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 Auburn's climate
What is the coldest month in Auburn?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Auburn?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.7 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Auburn?
March, with 5.74 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.38 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Auburn in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Auburn in zone 8b across its 3 ZIP code areas (8b in 36830, the largest). By the same method at Auburn's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Auburn?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 3. Waiting until April 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Auburn in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Opelika, AL4 miles from this station, 62.3°F a year
- Camp Hill, AL19 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Lafayette (2 mi W), AL21 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Mulberry Grove, GA23 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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