Highland Home, 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 Highland Home's primary NOAA station, HIGHLAND HOME 2 S - 3 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Highland Home
Water is the standout signal in Highland Home, Alabama: 54.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 65°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.
- 65°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 54.4"
- annual precipitation
- 267 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Highland Home: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00073802 · Highland Home, AL 65°F mean · 54.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,038
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Acton Rch
- PRCP-WET 54.4"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-MULTI USW00073802
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Acton Rch, 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.
- Highland Home (this station) 65°F
- Hot Fallbrook, CA 65°F
- Near Acton Rch, TX 65°F
- Near Arlington Six F…, TX 65°F
- Near Crossett, AR 65°F
Climate Living Index · Highland Home
Highland Home: 83/100 · grade B
Highland Home publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Highland Home, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 267 days/year | 94/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 65.1°F · 2.4° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 54.4 in · 19.4 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
Highland Home · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Highland Home is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 48.3°F and warmest-month mean 79.7°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
- 79.7°F
- Coldest month
- 48.3°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 Highland Home sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Highland Home's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 12% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Highland Home sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 12% wettest
- Highland Home's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Highland Home is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Highland Home compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Highland Home'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F (14°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 5.1" | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (17°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.5" | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 69°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 5.8" | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.8" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.5" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| July | 89°F (31°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 15.0 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 15.0 |
| September | 85°F (29°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| November | 67°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.3" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 5.0" | 6.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Highland Home: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 39°F near January 16 and 90°F near July 31.
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 16.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 1, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 3 at 21%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 112 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Highland Home.
Where Highland Home Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 54 inches.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Highland Home earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.7 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
Highland Home spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Highland Home has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 31.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: March averages 5.8" and October 3.1". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Highland Home, it arrives in quantity
54.4" of precipitation falls across only about 112 wet days here, averaging 0.49 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 112 a year, 31% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.49 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 6
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 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
267 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,014
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,072
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AL closest to Highland Home 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 (65°F here).
- Crossett, AR 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Fallbrook, CA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Mcclellanville, SC 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Mineral Wells, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (54.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bell, FL 54.4" · 0.0" off
- McMinnville, TN 54.4" · 0.0" off
- Brentwood, TN 54.4" · 0.0" off
- White House, TN 54.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Highland Home's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Highland Home averages 54.4 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.
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Highland Home's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.4°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Highland Home's normal, at 2,014 and 2,072 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 267 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 Highland Home'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 Highland Home, 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 Highland Home's primary station: HIGHLAND HOME 2 S (USW00073802). 3 NOAA stations are mapped to the Highland Home area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 Highland Home; 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 Highland Home 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.