Dothan Rgnl, AL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Dothan Rgnl's primary NOAA station, DOTHAN RGNL AP.
The climate verdict for Dothan Rgnl
Water is the standout signal in Dothan Rgnl, Alabama: 53.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 68°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 68°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 53.9"
- annual precipitation
- 268 days
- frost-free growing season
Dothan Rgnl: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00013839 · Dothan Rgnl, AL 68°F mean · 53.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 68°F
- RANK-WARM #6,381
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaufort Wwtp
- PRCP-WET 53.9"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00013839
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaufort Wwtp, SC (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AL station list.
- Dothan Rgnl (this station) 68°F
- Hot Fort Stewart, GA 68°F
- Near Beaufort Wwtp, SC 68°F
- Near Brunswick, GA 68°F
- Near Cedar Creek, TX 68°F
Climate Living Index · Dothan Rgnl
Dothan Rgnl: 77/100 · grade B
Dothan Rgnl publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dothan Rgnl, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 67.8°F · 0.3° from 67.5°F | 97/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 268 days/year | 94/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 98 calendar days | 76/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 53.9 in · 18.9 from 35 in | 33/100 · F |
Dothan Rgnl · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dothan Rgnl is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 50.8°F and warmest-month mean 83.0°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 83.0°F
- Coldest month
- 50.8°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Dothan Rgnl sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dothan Rgnl's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 7% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Dothan Rgnl sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 12% wettest
- Dothan Rgnl's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Dothan Rgnl is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dothan Rgnl compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dothan Rgnl's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Dothan Rgnl's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 50 complete annual observations from 1970 to 2025, DOTHAN RGNL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Dothan Rgnl primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62°F (17°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 4.8" | 8.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.8" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.7" | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| May | 87°F (31°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 9.6 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 5.1" | 0.0 | 18.9 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 6.0" | 0.0 | 23.7 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 6.2" | 0.0 | 20.9 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.3" | 0.0 | 13.0 |
| October | 81°F (27°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 64°F (18°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.8" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Dothan Rgnl runs from a mild 39°F around January 14 to 94°F at the peak near July 18, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 31 through September 5, covering 98 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 3 to November 19.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 39°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 26, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 29 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 120 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dothan Rgnl.
Where Dothan Rgnl Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 98 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 54 inches.
Dothan Rgnl earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.5 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
Dothan Rgnl spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Dothan Rgnl has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 32.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 6.2" and October 2.7". The three wettest months together take 32% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Dothan Rgnl, it arrives in quantity
53.9" of precipitation falls across only about 119 wet days here, averaging 0.45 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 119 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.45 inches
- Most wet days
- July, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 7
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
268 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,633
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,686
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AL closest to Dothan Rgnl on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (68°F here).
- Brunswick, GA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Cedar Creek, TX 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Stewart, GA 68°F · 0.0°F off
- Fort Worth, TX 68°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (53.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fletcher, NC 53.9" · 0.0" off
- Occidental, CA 53.8" · 0.0" off
- Boothville, LA 53.9" · 0.0" off
- Winslow, AR 53.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Dothan Rgnl's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Dothan Rgnl averages 53.9 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Dothan Rgnl's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.2°F. The annual average is 68°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Dothan Rgnl's normal, at 1,633 and 2,686 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 268 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Dothan Rgnl's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Dothan Rgnl, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Dothan Rgnl's primary station: DOTHAN RGNL AP (USW00013839). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Dothan Rgnl; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Dothan Rgnl comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.