Headland, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Headland's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 56.7 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 19.3°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,441 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHeadland
- Station IDUSC00013761
- Location31.36°N 85.34°W
- Elevation370 ft (113 m)
- Population5,429
On October 23, the normal high in Headland is 78°F and the normal low 53°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Headland.
- Jan 61° 38°
- Feb 65° 41°
- Mar 72° 47°
- Apr 79° 54°
- May 87° 63°
- Jun 91° 69°
- Jul 93° 72°
- Aug 92° 71°
- Sep 89° 66°
- Oct 80° 56°
- Nov 70° 47°
- Dec 63° 41°
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 Headland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in July (6.73 in), the least in October (3.16 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F | 38°F | 49.4°F | 4.80 | 11 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 65°F | 41°F | 53.1°F | 5.15 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| March | 72°F | 47°F | 59.8°F | 4.83 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 12 h |
| April | 79°F | 54°F | 66.2°F | 4.61 | 7 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 87°F | 63°F | 74.7°F | 3.65 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 91°F | 69°F | 80.2°F | 5.16 | 12 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 93°F | 72°F | 82.2°F | 6.73 | 14 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 92°F | 71°F | 81.2°F | 5.07 | 13 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 66°F | 77.4°F | 4.59 | 8 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 80°F | 56°F | 67.9°F | 3.16 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 70°F | 47°F | 58.4°F | 3.87 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 40 min |
| December | 63°F | 41°F | 51.8°F | 5.10 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 55°F | 66.8°F | 56.72 | 114 | 90 | 33 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 122 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 131 mm |
| March | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 123 mm |
| April | 26°C | 12°C | 19.0°C | 117 mm |
| May | 30°C | 17°C | 23.7°C | 93 mm |
| June | 33°C | 21°C | 26.8°C | 131 mm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 27.9°C | 171 mm |
| August | 33°C | 21°C | 27.3°C | 129 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 25.2°C | 117 mm |
| October | 27°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 80 mm |
| November | 21°C | 8°C | 14.7°C | 98 mm |
| December | 17°C | 5°C | 11.0°C | 130 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00013761; 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 Headland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in 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 USC00013761.
When is the last frost in Headland?
In Headland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 5 in half of years and after March 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 24 in half of years and before November 6 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 51 year in 10 after March 25; 9 in 10 after February 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 241 year in 10 before November 6; 9 in 10 before December 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 264 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 298 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 19 in half of springs and before December 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Headland in zone 9a in ZIP code 36345. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Headland's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Alabama · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00013761; 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 Headland?
In a normal year in Headland, 90 days a year reach 90°F (3 of them 100°F or more), 33 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 114 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 90a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 33a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 114a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1950) is 108°F, on July 21, 2000; the lowest is 0°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 79.02 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 4.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00013761; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00013761. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Headland?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Headland, 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 Headland need?
A normal year in Headland brings 1,818 heating degree days, 66% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,517 cooling degree days, 2.8 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 6,512 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 490 | 5 |
| February | 343 | 8 |
| March | 203 | 42 |
| April | 69 | 107 |
| May | 6 | 307 |
| June | 0 | 456 |
| July | 0 | 533 |
| August | 0 | 501 |
| September | 1 | 371 |
| October | 56 | 146 |
| November | 230 | 32 |
| December | 419 | 9 |
| Year (annual) | 1,818 | 2,517 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00013761. 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 Headland's climate compare?
Headland is warmer than 71 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.8°F is warmer than 92%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Headland 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 Headland 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.
- Blakely, GA5,142 people · 24 mi E
- Ashford, AL2,397 people · 14 mi SE
- Kinsey, AL2,265 people · 5 mi S
- Cowarts, AL2,038 people · 11 mi S
- Webb, AL1,329 people · 8 mi S
- Newville, AL566 people · 4 mi N
- Avon, AL473 people · 13 mi S
- Cedar Springs, GA0 people · 22 mi SE
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 Headland's climate
What is the coldest month in Headland?
January, with a normal high of 61°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Headland?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.1 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Headland?
July, with 6.73 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.16 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Headland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Headland in zone 9a in ZIP code 36345. By the same method at Headland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Headland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 5; in one year in ten it comes after March 25. Waiting until March 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Dothan, AL7 miles from this station, 67.8°F a year
- Fort Gaines, GA24 miles from this station, 65.7°F a year
- Enterprise, AL34 miles from this station, 66.5°F a year
- Donalsonville, GA35 miles from this station, 67.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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