Moulton, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Moulton's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 60.2 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.7°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,529 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMoulton 2
- Station IDUSC00015635
- Location34.49°N 87.30°W
- Elevation622 ft (190 m)
- Population3,408
On October 23, the normal high in Moulton is 71°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 26%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Moulton.
- Jan 51° 30°
- Feb 55° 33°
- Mar 63° 40°
- Apr 72° 49°
- May 79° 57°
- Jun 86° 65°
- Jul 88° 68°
- Aug 88° 67°
- Sep 84° 61°
- Oct 74° 49°
- Nov 62° 38°
- Dec 53° 33°
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 Moulton each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.39 in), the least in September (4.05 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 30°F | 40.3°F | 5.33 | 0.5 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 33°F | 43.8°F | 5.63 | 0.9 | 12 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 63°F | 40°F | 51.9°F | 5.72 | 0.5 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 49°F | 60.3°F | 5.45 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 57°F | 68.3°F | 5.18 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 65°F | 75.3°F | 4.57 | 0.0 | 11 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 88°F | 68°F | 78.4°F | 5.06 | 0.0 | 11 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 88°F | 67°F | 77.8°F | 4.25 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 61°F | 72.1°F | 4.05 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 74°F | 49°F | 61.0°F | 4.21 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 38°F | 50.1°F | 4.37 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 33°F | 42.9°F | 6.39 | 0.2 | 12 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 49°F | 60.2°F | 60.21 | 2.1 | 124 | 47 | 66 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −1°C | 4.6°C | 135 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 13°C | 0°C | 6.6°C | 143 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 5°C | 11.1°C | 145 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 22°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 138 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 24.1°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 20°C | 25.4°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.3°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 16.1°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 162 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00015635; 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 Moulton?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00015635.
When is the last frost in Moulton?
In Moulton, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 2 in half of years and after April 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 18 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
- April 21 year in 10 after April 18; 9 in 10 after March 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 209 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 232 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 23 in half of springs and before November 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Moulton in zone 8a in ZIP code 35650, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Moulton's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°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 USC00015635; 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 Moulton?
In a normal year in Moulton, 47 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 66 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 124 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 47a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 66a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 124a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1957) is 106°F, on July 16, 1980; the lowest is −13°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 83.03 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 24.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00015635; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00015635. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Moulton?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Moulton, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 69% | 2.5 |
| February | 65% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.2 |
| April | 76% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.0 |
| June | 80% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.1 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 78% | 3.9 |
| November | 76% | 2.9 |
| December | 67% | 2.2 |
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 Moulton need?
A normal year in Moulton brings 3,334 heating degree days, 38% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,610 cooling degree days, 77% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,808 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 766 | 0 |
| February | 593 | 1 |
| March | 415 | 7 |
| April | 183 | 42 |
| May | 47 | 147 |
| June | 1 | 312 |
| July | 0 | 415 |
| August | 0 | 397 |
| September | 17 | 232 |
| October | 174 | 50 |
| November | 452 | 6 |
| December | 686 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,334 | 1,610 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00015635. 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 Moulton been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.6°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.2°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.6°F | +0.4°F | 68.98 | – |
| 2022 | 60.1°F | −0.1°F | 61.93 | – |
| 2023 | 61.8°F | +1.6°F | 46.40 | – |
| 2024 | 62.7°F | +2.5°F | 60.90 | 0.8 |
| 2025 | 61.6°F | +1.4°F | 59.96 | 5.0 |
Over 64 complete years from 1958 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.7°F per century (+0.21°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00015635; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Moulton's climate compare?
Moulton is warmer than 9 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 60.2°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Moulton 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.
Questions about Moulton's climate
What is the coldest month in Moulton?
January, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Moulton?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Moulton?
December, with 6.39 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 4.05 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Moulton in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Moulton in zone 8a in ZIP code 35650, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Moulton's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Moulton?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 2; in one year in ten it comes after April 18. Waiting until April 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Courtland, AL12 miles from this station, 60.7°F a year
- Addison, AL17 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- Decatur, AL23 miles from this station, 61.4°F a year
- Russellville, AL24 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
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