Fairhope, AL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fairhope's primary NOAA station, FAIRHOPE 3 NE - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Fairhope
Water is the standout signal in Fairhope, Alabama: 65.8 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.
- 66°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 73/100
- comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
- 65.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 249 days
- frost-free growing season
Fairhope: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00063869 · Fairhope, AL 66°F mean · 65.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,175
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Abilene Rgnl
- PRCP-WET 65.8"
- SWING-MID 30°F
- COMF-MID 73/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-MULTI USW00063869
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Abilene Rgnl, TX (+ 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.
- Fairhope (this station) 66°F
- Hot Benbrook Dam, TX 66°F
- Near Abilene Rgnl, TX 66°F
- Near Albany, GA 66°F
- Near Alexandria Esle…, LA 66°F
Climate Living Index · Fairhope
Fairhope: 76/100 · grade B
Fairhope publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fairhope, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 66.0°F · 1.5° from 67.5°F | 94/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 249 days/year | 88/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 65.8 in · 30.8 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
Fairhope · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fairhope is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 50.1°F and warmest-month mean 80.3°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
- 80.3°F
- Coldest month
- 50.1°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 Fairhope sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fairhope's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 10% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fairhope sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 3% wettest
- Fairhope's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Fairhope is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fairhope compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fairhope's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F (16°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.3" | N/A | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.4" | N/A | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 5.0" | N/A | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 76°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 5.2" | N/A | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.9" | N/A | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 6.5" | N/A | 0.0 | 8.2 |
| July | 89°F (31°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.6" | N/A | 0.0 | 13.6 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 7.0" | N/A | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 6.0" | N/A | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 4.2" | N/A | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| November | 70°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.5" | N/A | 3.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 64°F (18°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.1" | N/A | 6.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Fairhope: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 39°F near January 11 and 89°F near July 29.
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 11.
The widest day
November 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 24°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fairhope.
Where Fairhope Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 66 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Fairhope earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Fairhope 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 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Fairhope has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 30.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 7.6" and October 4.2". 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
249 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,800
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,193
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AL closest to Fairhope 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 (66°F here).
- Albany, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Camilla, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Collins, MS 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Ferris, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (65.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hoonah, AK 65.8" · 0.0" off
- Terrytown, LA 65.9" · 0.2" off
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL 66.0" · 0.2" off
- Jeanerette, LA 65.5" · 0.3" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Fairhope's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Fairhope averages 65.8 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 Fairhope's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.2°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Fairhope's normal, at 1,800 and 2,193 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 249 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 Fairhope'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 Fairhope, 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 Fairhope's primary station: FAIRHOPE 3 NE (USW00063869). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Fairhope area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0125240). Match rule for Fairhope: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Fairhope 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.