Geneva, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Geneva's normal year runs from 35°F January nights to 92°F July afternoons, with 62.3 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.1 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.6°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,581 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGeneva #2
- Station IDUSC00013251
- Location31.04°N 85.87°W
- Elevation145 ft (44 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population4,242
On October 23, the normal high in Geneva is 79°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Geneva.
- Jan 62° 35°
- Feb 66° 39°
- Mar 73° 44°
- Apr 79° 50°
- May 87° 59°
- Jun 91° 67°
- Jul 92° 69°
- Aug 92° 69°
- Sep 88° 64°
- Oct 81° 52°
- Nov 71° 42°
- Dec 64° 37°
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 Geneva each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 92°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 35°F. The most precipitation falls in July (6.34 in), the least in May (3.33 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62°F | 35°F | 48.3°F | 5.37 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 66°F | 39°F | 52.2°F | 5.76 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 73°F | 44°F | 58.6°F | 5.63 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 50°F | 64.6°F | 5.05 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 59°F | 72.6°F | 3.33 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 91°F | 67°F | 78.6°F | 6.26 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 92°F | 69°F | 80.7°F | 6.34 | 14 | 22 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 92°F | 69°F | 80.1°F | 5.43 | 13 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 88°F | 64°F | 76.2°F | 5.14 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 81°F | 52°F | 66.5°F | 3.57 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 71°F | 42°F | 56.3°F | 4.78 | 7 | <1 | 5 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 64°F | 37°F | 50.6°F | 5.60 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 52°F | 65.4°F | 62.26 | 110 | 77 | 45 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 2°C | 9.1°C | 136 mm |
| February | 19°C | 4°C | 11.2°C | 146 mm |
| March | 23°C | 7°C | 14.8°C | 143 mm |
| April | 26°C | 10°C | 18.1°C | 128 mm |
| May | 30°C | 15°C | 22.6°C | 85 mm |
| June | 33°C | 19°C | 25.9°C | 159 mm |
| July | 34°C | 21°C | 27.1°C | 161 mm |
| August | 33°C | 20°C | 26.7°C | 138 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 131 mm |
| October | 27°C | 11°C | 19.2°C | 91 mm |
| November | 22°C | 5°C | 13.5°C | 121 mm |
| December | 18°C | 3°C | 10.3°C | 142 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00013251; 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 Geneva?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. 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 USC00013251.
When is the last frost in Geneva?
In Geneva, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 23 in half of years and after April 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 7 in half of years and before October 26 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 231 year in 10 after April 7; 9 in 10 after February 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 71 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 231 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 259 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 6 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Geneva in zone 8b in ZIP code 36340. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Geneva's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (28 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 USC00013251; 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 Geneva?
In a normal year in Geneva, 77 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 45 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 110 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 77a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 45a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 110a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1976) is 103°F, on July 15, 1980; the lowest is 2°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 92.43 in; the snowiest season is 1976–77, with 3.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00013251; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00013251. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Geneva?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Geneva, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. May is the sunniest month (83%) and February the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 3.0 |
| February | 71% | 3.6 |
| March | 76% | 4.8 |
| April | 80% | 5.9 |
| May | 83% | 6.5 |
| June | 79% | 6.2 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 5.1 |
| October | 81% | 4.3 |
| November | 81% | 3.4 |
| December | 72% | 2.6 |
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 Geneva need?
A normal year in Geneva brings 2,038 heating degree days, 62% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,225 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 6,072 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 522 | 5 |
| February | 368 | 10 |
| March | 229 | 30 |
| April | 92 | 80 |
| May | 13 | 248 |
| June | 0 | 408 |
| July | 0 | 485 |
| August | 0 | 468 |
| September | 2 | 338 |
| October | 77 | 124 |
| November | 282 | 23 |
| December | 453 | 7 |
| Year (annual) | 2,038 | 2,225 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00013251. 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 Geneva been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 66.5°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.4°F. 1 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.3°F | −0.1°F | 74.46 |
| 2022 | 65.2°F | −0.2°F | 54.69 |
| 2023 | 66.5°F | +1.0°F | 48.14 |
Over 40 complete years from 1977 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.7°F per century (+0.15°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00013251; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Geneva's climate compare?
Geneva is warmer than 63 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 67. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.4°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Geneva 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 Geneva share this climate record?
4 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.
- Esto, FL350 people · 14 mi E
- Caryville, FL318 people · 19 mi S
- Westville, FL268 people · 19 mi S
- Noma, FL215 people · 15 mi E
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 Geneva's climate
What is the coldest month in Geneva?
January, with a normal high of 62°F and a normal low of 35°F. The warmest is July (92°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Geneva?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Geneva?
July, with 6.34 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 3.33 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Geneva in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Geneva in zone 8b in ZIP code 36340. By the same method at Geneva's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Geneva?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 23; in one year in ten it comes after April 7. Waiting until April 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- New Hope, FL6 miles from this station, 66.9°F a year
- Enterprise, AL18 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Bonifay, FL21 miles from this station, 67.3°F a year
- De Funiak Springs (1 mi E), FL25 miles from this station, 67.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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