Marion, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Marion's normal year runs from 34°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 54.6 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.2°C, January lows of 1°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,387 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMarion Junction (2 mi NE)
- Station IDUSC00015121
- Location32.47°N 87.23°W
- Elevation200 ft (61 m)
- Population2,702
On October 14, the normal high in Marion is 80°F and the normal low 54°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 Marion.
- Jan 58° 34°
- Feb 63° 37°
- Mar 70° 44°
- Apr 78° 51°
- May 85° 60°
- Jun 91° 68°
- Jul 93° 71°
- Aug 93° 70°
- Sep 89° 65°
- Oct 79° 53°
- Nov 69° 41°
- Dec 61° 36°
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 Marion each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 34°F. The most precipitation falls in January (5.44 in), the least in October (3.13 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 34°F | 45.9°F | 5.44 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 63°F | 37°F | 49.8°F | 5.31 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 11 h |
| March | 70°F | 44°F | 57.3°F | 5.31 | 10 | <1 | 4 | 12 h |
| April | 78°F | 51°F | 64.2°F | 4.49 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 60°F | 72.7°F | 3.69 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 91°F | 68°F | 79.3°F | 4.64 | 11 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 71°F | 81.9°F | 5.07 | 11 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 70°F | 81.4°F | 4.34 | 10 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 89°F | 65°F | 76.6°F | 3.82 | 7 | 11 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 79°F | 53°F | 65.9°F | 3.13 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 69°F | 41°F | 54.8°F | 4.17 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 61°F | 36°F | 48.2°F | 5.18 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 52°F | 64.8°F | 54.59 | 109 | 73 | 51 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 138 mm |
| February | 17°C | 3°C | 9.9°C | 135 mm |
| March | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 135 mm |
| April | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 114 mm |
| May | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 94 mm |
| June | 33°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 118 mm |
| July | 34°C | 21°C | 27.7°C | 129 mm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.4°C | 110 mm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.8°C | 97 mm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.8°C | 80 mm |
| November | 20°C | 5°C | 12.7°C | 106 mm |
| December | 16°C | 2°C | 9.0°C | 132 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00015121; 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 Marion?
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 USC00015121.
When is the last frost in Marion?
In Marion, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 19 in half of years and after April 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 27 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 191 year in 10 after April 7; 9 in 10 after February 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 27; 9 in 10 before November 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 238 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 266 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 3 in half of springs and before November 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Marion in zone 8b in ZIP code 36756, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Marion's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°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 USC00015121; 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 Marion?
In a normal year in Marion, 73 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 51 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 109 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 73a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 51a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 109a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1950) is 108°F, on July 25, 1952; the lowest is −1°F, on January 22, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1961, with 76.31 in; the snowiest season is 1963–64, with 4.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00015121; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00015121. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Marion?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Marion, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.8 |
| February | 69% | 3.3 |
| March | 73% | 4.5 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 81% | 6.2 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 80% | 4.1 |
| November | 78% | 3.2 |
| December | 69% | 2.4 |
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 Marion need?
A normal year in Marion brings 2,352 heating degree days, 56% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,321 cooling degree days, 2.6 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 6,007 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 595 | 3 |
| February | 429 | 5 |
| March | 265 | 26 |
| April | 103 | 80 |
| May | 15 | 254 |
| June | 0 | 429 |
| July | 0 | 525 |
| August | 0 | 508 |
| September | 3 | 350 |
| October | 92 | 118 |
| November | 324 | 18 |
| December | 527 | 5 |
| Year (annual) | 2,352 | 2,321 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00015121. 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 Marion been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 66.3°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 64.8°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 66.3°F | +1.5°F | 48.69 |
Over 64 complete years from 1951 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00015121; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Marion's climate compare?
Marion is warmer than 59 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 10. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 64.8°F is warmer than 87%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Marion 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 Marion share this climate record?
2 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.
- Uniontown, AL1,952 people · 15 mi W
- Orrville, AL140 people · 11 mi S
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 Marion's climate
What is the coldest month in Marion?
January, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 34°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Marion?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Marion?
January, with 5.44 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.13 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Marion in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Marion in zone 8b in ZIP code 36756, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Marion's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Marion?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 19; 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
- Selma, AL17 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Centreville, AL27 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Greensboro, AL29 miles from this station, 64.1°F a year
- Camden, AL31 miles from this station, 64.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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