Pinson, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Pinson's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 57.0 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.4°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,448 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPinson
- Station IDUSC00016478
- Location33.69°N 86.69°W
- Elevation608 ft (185 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population7,781
On October 23, the normal high in Pinson is 72°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pinson.
- Jan 54° 31°
- Feb 58° 34°
- Mar 67° 41°
- Apr 75° 48°
- May 82° 56°
- Jun 88° 65°
- Jul 90° 68°
- Aug 90° 68°
- Sep 85° 61°
- Oct 75° 50°
- Nov 64° 39°
- Dec 56° 34°
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 Pinson each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in March (5.71 in), the least in October (3.28 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 31°F | 42.3°F | 5.11 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 58°F | 34°F | 46.3°F | 5.39 | 0.3 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 41°F | 53.8°F | 5.71 | 0.8 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 48°F | 61.2°F | 5.04 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 56°F | 68.9°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 65°F | 76.0°F | 4.58 | 0.0 | 10 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 90°F | 68°F | 79.3°F | 4.98 | 0.0 | 11 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 4.45 | 0.0 | 8 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 61°F | 73.3°F | 3.96 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 50°F | 62.4°F | 3.28 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 39°F | 51.3°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 34°F | 44.7°F | 5.11 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 50°F | 61.5°F | 57.02 | 1.4 | 106 | 64 | 72 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −1°C | 5.7°C | 130 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 137 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 19°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 145 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 24°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 14°C | 20.5°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.4°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.3°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 16°C | 22.9°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 4°C | 10.7°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 13°C | 1°C | 7.1°C | 130 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00016478; 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 Pinson?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May and October. 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 USC00016478.
When is the last frost in Pinson?
In Pinson, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 4 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 21 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 41 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 21; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 212 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 237 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 22 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pinson in zone 8a in ZIP code 35126. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Pinson's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (23 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 USC00016478; 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 Pinson?
In a normal year in Pinson, 64 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 72 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 106 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 64a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 72a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 106a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1951) is 109°F, on July 29, 1952; the lowest is −8°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2009, with 76.00 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 12.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00016478; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00016478. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Pinson?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Pinson, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.7 |
| February | 67% | 3.2 |
| March | 72% | 4.3 |
| April | 78% | 5.6 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 79% | 6.2 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 80% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 77% | 3.0 |
| December | 68% | 2.3 |
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 Pinson need?
A normal year in Pinson brings 2,998 heating degree days, 44% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,758 cooling degree days, 94% 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 5,076 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 706 | 1 |
| February | 525 | 1 |
| March | 361 | 12 |
| April | 162 | 48 |
| May | 38 | 161 |
| June | 1 | 331 |
| July | 0 | 443 |
| August | 0 | 426 |
| September | 10 | 259 |
| October | 148 | 66 |
| November | 417 | 8 |
| December | 629 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 2,998 | 1,758 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00016478. 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 Pinson's climate compare?
Pinson is warmer than 20 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 36. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.5°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pinson 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 Pinson share this climate record?
17 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.
- Trussville, AL27,079 people · 7 mi E
- Gardendale, AL16,444 people · 7 mi W
- Center Point, AL15,603 people · 3 mi S
- Moody, AL13,596 people · 13 mi SE
- Clay, AL10,241 people · 4 mi E
- Margaret, AL6,654 people · 13 mi E
- Grayson Valley, AL5,882 people · 4 mi SE
- Odenville, AL5,711 people · 15 mi E
- Springville, AL5,392 people · 12 mi E
- Kimberly, AL4,699 people · 9 mi NW
- Argo, AL4,369 people · 10 mi E
- Warrior, AL3,247 people · 11 mi NW
- Remlap, AL2,369 people · 10 mi NE
- Morris, AL2,278 people · 8 mi NW
- Locust Fork, AL1,235 people · 13 mi N
- Trafford, AL599 people · 10 mi N
- County Line, AL325 people · 9 mi N
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 Pinson's climate
What is the coldest month in Pinson?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Pinson?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Pinson?
March, with 5.71 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.28 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pinson in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pinson in zone 8a in ZIP code 35126. By the same method at Pinson's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 11°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Pinson?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 4; in one year in ten it comes after April 22. Waiting until April 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Alabama climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Birmingham, AL9 miles from this station, 63.9°F a year
- Oneonta, AL22 miles from this station, 62.3°F a year
- Hanceville, AL27 miles from this station, 59.5°F a year
- Bessemer, AL27 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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