Russellville, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Russellville's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 58.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.3°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,491 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRussellville (4 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSW00063895
- Location34.45°N 87.71°W
- Elevation720 ft (220 m)
- Population10,736
On October 23, the normal high in Russellville is 70°F and the normal low 44°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 Russellville.
- Jan 51° 30°
- Feb 55° 33°
- Mar 64° 40°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 79° 56°
- Jun 86° 63°
- Jul 88° 68°
- Aug 88° 66°
- Sep 83° 58°
- Oct 73° 47°
- Nov 62° 37°
- Dec 54° 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 Russellville 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 (6.27 in), the least in November (3.92 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 30°F | 40.6°F | 4.80 | 9 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 55°F | 33°F | 44.3°F | 5.51 | 12 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| March | 64°F | 40°F | 51.7°F | 5.31 | 11 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.5°F | 5.17 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 56°F | 67.3°F | 4.19 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 63°F | 74.5°F | 5.25 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 88°F | 68°F | 77.7°F | 5.55 | 11 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 88°F | 66°F | 76.9°F | 4.30 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 58°F | 70.7°F | 4.22 | 7 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 47°F | 59.9°F | 4.22 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 37°F | 49.3°F | 3.92 | 9 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 54°F | 33°F | 43.3°F | 6.27 | 11 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 48°F | 59.6°F | 58.71 | 113 | 41 | 76 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −1°C | 4.8°C | 122 mm |
| February | 13°C | 1°C | 6.8°C | 140 mm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 10.9°C | 135 mm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 15.3°C | 131 mm |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 106 mm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.6°C | 133 mm |
| July | 31°C | 20°C | 25.4°C | 141 mm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 24.9°C | 109 mm |
| September | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 107 mm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.5°C | 107 mm |
| November | 17°C | 3°C | 9.6°C | 100 mm |
| December | 12°C | 1°C | 6.3°C | 159 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Russellville's own co-op station Russellville #2 does: 1 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00063895; 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 Russellville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00063895.
When is the last frost in Russellville?
In Russellville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 16 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 51 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 16; 9 in 10 before November 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 205 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 227 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 23 in half of springs and before November 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Russellville in zone 8a in ZIP code 35654, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Alabama · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00063895; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Russellville?
In a normal year in Russellville, 41 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 76 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 113 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 41a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 76a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 113a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00063895.
How sunny is Russellville?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Russellville, 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 Russellville need?
A normal year in Russellville brings 3,394 heating degree days, 37% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,462 cooling degree days, 61% 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 4,602 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 756 | 0 |
| February | 581 | 1 |
| March | 420 | 7 |
| April | 200 | 35 |
| May | 59 | 130 |
| June | 1 | 286 |
| July | 0 | 392 |
| August | 0 | 368 |
| September | 26 | 195 |
| October | 201 | 44 |
| November | 476 | 4 |
| December | 674 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,394 | 1,462 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00063895. 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 Russellville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 61.0°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.6°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60.0°F | +0.4°F | 62.69 |
| 2022 | 59.8°F | +0.2°F | 63.88 |
| 2024 | 61.9°F | +2.3°F | 55.43 |
| 2025 | 61.0°F | +1.4°F | 59.67 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00063895. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Russellville's climate compare?
Russellville is warmer than 4 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 50. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.6°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Russellville 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 Russellville share this climate record?
6 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.
- Littleville, AL1,054 people · 10 mi N
- Phil Campbell, AL986 people · 7 mi S
- Hodges, AL262 people · 15 mi SW
- Spruce Pine, AL197 people · 4 mi S
- Golden, MS185 people · 27 mi W
- Belgreen, AL33 people · 9 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Russellville's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Russellville. This page uses Russellville (4 mi SSE); the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellville #2 USC00017131 | 4 mi N | 830 ft | 61.5°F | 32°F | 91°F | 56.7 | 1 | March 31 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Russellville's climate
What is the coldest month in Russellville?
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 Russellville?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Russellville's NOAA station; Russellville's own co-op station Russellville #2 records 1 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Russellville?
December, with 6.27 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 3.92 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Russellville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Russellville in zone 8a in ZIP code 35654, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Russellville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; 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
- Haleyville, AL16 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Muscle Shoals, AL21 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Muscle Shoals Water Treatment Plant, AL22 miles from this station, 60.7°F a year
- Moulton, AL24 miles from this station, 60.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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