Jackson, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Jackson's normal year runs from 36°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 60.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.4°C, January lows of 2°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,529 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationJackson
- Station IDUSC00014193
- Location31.53°N 87.93°W
- Elevation220 ft (67 m)
- Population4,477
On October 23, the normal high in Jackson is 76°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Jackson.
- Jan 60° 36°
- Feb 64° 39°
- Mar 71° 45°
- Apr 78° 51°
- May 85° 60°
- Jun 90° 68°
- Jul 91° 71°
- Aug 91° 70°
- Sep 87° 65°
- Oct 79° 53°
- Nov 69° 43°
- Dec 62° 38°
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 Jackson each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in June (6.26 in), the least in October (3.75 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 36°F | 47.9°F | 5.72 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| February | 64°F | 39°F | 51.7°F | 5.46 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| March | 71°F | 45°F | 58.4°F | 5.52 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 51°F | 64.4°F | 4.74 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 60°F | 72.1°F | 3.95 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| June | 90°F | 68°F | 78.6°F | 6.26 | 10 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| July | 91°F | 71°F | 80.8°F | 5.40 | 12 | 22 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 91°F | 70°F | 80.6°F | 5.17 | 10 | 22 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 87°F | 65°F | 76.2°F | 4.37 | 8 | 12 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 53°F | 66.0°F | 3.75 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 43°F | 55.7°F | 4.35 | 8 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 62°F | 38°F | 50.1°F | 5.52 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 53°F | 65.2°F | 60.21 | 108 | 79 | 46 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 145 mm |
| February | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 139 mm |
| March | 22°C | 7°C | 14.7°C | 140 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 18.0°C | 120 mm |
| May | 29°C | 15°C | 22.3°C | 100 mm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 159 mm |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 27.1°C | 137 mm |
| August | 33°C | 21°C | 27.0°C | 131 mm |
| September | 31°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 111 mm |
| October | 26°C | 12°C | 18.9°C | 95 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 13.2°C | 110 mm |
| December | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 140 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00014193; 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 Jackson?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, 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 USC00014193.
When is the last frost in Jackson?
In Jackson, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 18 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 12 in half of years and before October 29 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 181 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after February 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 121 year in 10 before October 29; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 239 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 269 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 1 in half of springs and before November 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jackson in zone 8b in ZIP code 36545, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Jackson's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (21 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 USC00014193; 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 Jackson?
In a normal year in Jackson, 79 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 46 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 108 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 79a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 46a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 108a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00014193.
How sunny is Jackson?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Jackson, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. October is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.9 |
| February | 70% | 3.5 |
| March | 75% | 4.6 |
| April | 79% | 5.7 |
| May | 81% | 6.3 |
| June | 80% | 6.2 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 5.1 |
| October | 82% | 4.3 |
| November | 79% | 3.3 |
| December | 71% | 2.5 |
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 Jackson need?
A normal year in Jackson brings 2,134 heating degree days, 60% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,240 cooling degree days, 2.5 times the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,039 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 534 | 5 |
| February | 381 | 9 |
| March | 237 | 32 |
| April | 98 | 81 |
| May | 14 | 234 |
| June | 0 | 408 |
| July | 0 | 491 |
| August | 0 | 484 |
| September | 3 | 341 |
| October | 90 | 123 |
| November | 304 | 23 |
| December | 473 | 10 |
| Year (annual) | 2,134 | 2,240 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00014193. 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 Jackson been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 67.3°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.2°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 67.0°F | +1.8°F | 63.47 |
| 2024 | 66.9°F | +1.7°F | 64.39 |
| 2025 | 67.3°F | +2.1°F | 48.52 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00014193. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Jackson's climate compare?
Jackson is warmer than 61 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 58. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.2°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Jackson 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 Jackson share this climate record?
7 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.
- Leroy, AL1,016 people · 3 mi SW
- St. Stephens, AL350 people · 8 mi NW
- Malcolm, AL305 people · 23 mi S
- Coffeeville, AL248 people · 19 mi NW
- McIntosh, AL196 people · 19 mi S
- Carlton, AL32 people · 13 mi SE
- Rockville, AL0 people · 10 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 Jackson's climate
What is the coldest month in Jackson?
January, with a normal high of 60°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Jackson?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Jackson?
June, with 6.26 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.75 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Jackson in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Jackson in zone 8b in ZIP code 36545, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Jackson's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 19°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Jackson?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 18; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Whatley, AL16 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Chatom, AL19 miles from this station, 64.4°F a year
- Thomasville, AL27 miles from this station, 64.0°F a year
- Atmore, AL37 miles from this station, 67.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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