Childersburg, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Childersburg's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 56.0 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.1°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,422 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationChildersburg Water Treatment Plant
- Station IDUSC00011620
- Location33.28°N 86.34°W
- Elevation418 ft (127 m)
- Population4,612
On October 14, the normal high in Childersburg is 80°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Childersburg.
- Jan 58° 34°
- Feb 63° 38°
- Mar 71° 43°
- Apr 79° 50°
- May 85° 59°
- Jun 91° 67°
- Jul 93° 70°
- Aug 93° 69°
- Sep 88° 63°
- Oct 79° 51°
- Nov 68° 41°
- Dec 60° 36°
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 Childersburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in February (6.00 in), the least in October (3.32 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 34°F | 46.2°F | 5.50 | 0.4 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 63°F | 38°F | 50.5°F | 6.00 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 43°F | 57.1°F | 5.38 | 0.6 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 50°F | 64.4°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 59°F | 71.8°F | 4.44 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 67°F | 78.5°F | 4.52 | 0.0 | 11 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 70°F | 81.7°F | 4.15 | 0.0 | 11 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 69°F | 80.8°F | 4.30 | 0.0 | 10 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 63°F | 75.6°F | 3.74 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 79°F | 51°F | 65.2°F | 3.32 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 68°F | 41°F | 54.4°F | 4.65 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 60°F | 36°F | 48.3°F | 5.20 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 52°F | 64.5°F | 55.97 | 1.1 | 115 | 87 | 58 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 140 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 152 mm | 0 cm |
| March | 22°C | 6°C | 13.9°C | 137 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 26°C | 10°C | 18.0°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 29°C | 15°C | 22.1°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 33°C | 19°C | 25.8°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 21°C | 27.6°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 24.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.4°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 20°C | 5°C | 12.4°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 16°C | 2°C | 9.1°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00011620; 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 Childersburg?
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 USC00011620.
When is the last frost in Childersburg?
In Childersburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 31 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 2 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
- March 311 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after March 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 21 year in 10 before October 20; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 216 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 243 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 16 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Childersburg in zone 8a in ZIP code 35044. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Childersburg's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (27 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 USC00011620; 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 Childersburg?
In a normal year in Childersburg, 87 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 58 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 115 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 87a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 58a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 115a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1957) is 105°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −4°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1961, with 80.22 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 12.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00011620; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00011620. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Childersburg?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Childersburg, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.7 |
| February | 67% | 3.2 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 79% | 6.2 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 77% | 3.0 |
| December | 68% | 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 Childersburg need?
A normal year in Childersburg brings 2,342 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,205 cooling degree days, 2.4 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 5,871 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 583 | 2 |
| February | 412 | 5 |
| March | 269 | 24 |
| April | 101 | 84 |
| May | 18 | 229 |
| June | 0 | 405 |
| July | 0 | 518 |
| August | 0 | 490 |
| September | 6 | 325 |
| October | 100 | 105 |
| November | 332 | 16 |
| December | 520 | 4 |
| Year (annual) | 2,342 | 2,205 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00011620. 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 Childersburg been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 64.7°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.5°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.7°F | +0.2°F | 59.55 | – |
Over 52 complete years from 1958 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.5°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00011620; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Childersburg's climate compare?
Childersburg is warmer than 55 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 20. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.5°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Childersburg 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 Childersburg share this climate record?
8 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.
- Vincent, AL2,039 people · 8 mi NW
- Westover, AL2,010 people · 12 mi NW
- Wilsonville, AL1,948 people · 9 mi W
- Harpersville, AL1,925 people · 5 mi NW
- Fayetteville, AL1,135 people · 10 mi SW
- Sterrett, AL895 people · 13 mi NW
- Bon Air, AL168 people · 2 mi SE
- Talladega Springs, AL146 people · 13 mi SW
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 Childersburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Childersburg?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Childersburg?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 0 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (0.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Childersburg?
February, with 6.00 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Childersburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Childersburg in zone 8a in ZIP code 35044. By the same method at Childersburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 12°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Childersburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 31; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Sylacauga, AL9 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Talladega, AL15 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Alabaster, AL26 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Helena, AL29 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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