Coden, Alabama climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Coden's normal year runs from 40°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 68.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.9°C, January lows of 4°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,745 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCoden
- Station IDUSC00011803
- Location30.39°N 88.23°W
- Elevation12 ft (4 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Coden is 77°F and the normal low 55°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Coden.
- Jan 60° 40°
- Feb 63° 43°
- Mar 69° 48°
- Apr 76° 55°
- May 82° 63°
- Jun 86° 70°
- Jul 88° 73°
- Aug 88° 72°
- Sep 86° 69°
- Oct 78° 58°
- Nov 69° 47°
- Dec 62° 42°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Coden each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 40°F. The most precipitation falls in July (8.15 in), the least in November (3.98 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 40°F | 49.8°F | 5.63 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 63°F | 43°F | 53.0°F | 5.11 | 7 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 10 min |
| March | 69°F | 48°F | 58.6°F | 5.10 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 76°F | 55°F | 65.4°F | 5.26 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 82°F | 63°F | 72.5°F | 5.69 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 86°F | 70°F | 78.1°F | 6.66 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 88°F | 73°F | 80.4°F | 8.15 | 12 | 9 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 88°F | 72°F | 80.4°F | 7.46 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 86°F | 69°F | 77.1°F | 5.95 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 78°F | 58°F | 68.1°F | 4.38 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 47°F | 58.0°F | 3.98 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 62°F | 42°F | 52.0°F | 5.35 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 57°F | 66.1°F | 68.72 | 92 | 29 | 28 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 4°C | 9.9°C | 143 mm |
| February | 17°C | 6°C | 11.7°C | 130 mm |
| March | 21°C | 9°C | 14.8°C | 130 mm |
| April | 24°C | 13°C | 18.6°C | 134 mm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 22.5°C | 145 mm |
| June | 30°C | 21°C | 25.6°C | 169 mm |
| July | 31°C | 23°C | 26.9°C | 207 mm |
| August | 31°C | 22°C | 26.9°C | 189 mm |
| September | 30°C | 20°C | 25.1°C | 151 mm |
| October | 26°C | 14°C | 20.1°C | 111 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 101 mm |
| December | 16°C | 6°C | 11.1°C | 136 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00011803; 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.
Which months are mildest at Coden?
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 (5).
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 USC00011803.
When is the last frost at Coden?
In Coden, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 13 in half of years and after April 2 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 24 in half of years and before November 4 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 2; 9 in 10 after February 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 241 year in 10 before November 4; 9 in 10 before December 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 255 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 290 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 27 in half of springs and before December 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Coden in zone 9a in ZIP code 36509, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (21 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 USC00011803; 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 at Coden?
In a normal year in Coden, 29 days a year reach 90°F, 28 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 92 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 28a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 92a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1956) is 101°F, on June 5, 2011; the lowest is 1°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 87.22 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 2.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00011803; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00011803. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Coden?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Coden, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 3.0 |
| February | 72% | 3.6 |
| March | 78% | 4.8 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 84% | 6.5 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 5.9 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 83% | 5.3 |
| October | 84% | 4.5 |
| November | 82% | 3.5 |
| December | 72% | 2.7 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Coden record?
A normal year at Coden brings 1,834 heating degree days, 66% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,261 cooling degree days, 2.5 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,220 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 475 | 4 |
| February | 343 | 7 |
| March | 223 | 25 |
| April | 76 | 87 |
| May | 9 | 240 |
| June | 0 | 393 |
| July | 0 | 477 |
| August | 0 | 476 |
| September | 1 | 362 |
| October | 57 | 153 |
| November | 238 | 28 |
| December | 413 | 10 |
| Year (annual) | 1,834 | 2,261 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00011803. 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 Coden's climate compare?
Coden is warmer than 66 of the 80 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 73. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.1°F is warmer than 90%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Coden 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 Coden 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.
- Bayou La Batre, AL2,124 people · 3 mi NW
- Belle Fontaine, AL853 people · 10 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 Coden's climate
What is the coldest month at Coden?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 40°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 73°F at night).
Does it snow at Coden?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Coden?
July, with 8.15 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.98 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Coden in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Coden in zone 9a in ZIP code 36509, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come at Coden?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 2. Waiting until April 2 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Dauphin Island, AL13 miles from this station, 69.2°F a year
- Pascagoula, MS19 miles from this station, 67.8°F a year
- Mobile, AL20 miles from this station, 67.6°F a year
- Fairhope, AL24 miles from this station, 66.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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