Saint Bernard, AL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Saint Bernard's primary NOAA station, SAINT BERNARD.
The climate verdict for Saint Bernard
Water is the standout signal in Saint Bernard, Alabama: 60.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 62°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 60.3"
- yearly precipitation total
- 215 days
- frost-free growing season
Saint Bernard: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00017157 · Saint Bernard, AL 62°F mean · 60.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atlanta Peachtr…
- PRCP-WET 60.3"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00017157
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Atlanta Peachtree, GA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AL station list.
- Saint Bernard (this station) 62°F
- Hot Clemson Univ, SC 62°F
- Near Atlanta Peachtr…, GA 62°F
- Near Chickasaw Nra, OK 62°F
- Near Clarendon, AR 62°F
Climate Living Index · Saint Bernard
Saint Bernard: 70/100 · grade B
Saint Bernard publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Saint Bernard, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 53 calendar days | 91/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.5°F · 6.0° from 67.5°F | 81/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 215 days/year | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 60.3 in · 25.3 from 35 in | 11/100 · F |
Saint Bernard · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Saint Bernard is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 41.9°F and warmest-month mean 79.4°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 79.4°F
- Coldest month
- 41.9°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Saint Bernard sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Saint Bernard's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Saint Bernard sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 5% wettest
- Saint Bernard's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Saint Bernard is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Saint Bernard compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Saint Bernard's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Saint Bernard's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 73 complete annual observations from 1909 to 2023, SAINT BERNARD warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Saint Bernard primary station fitted change +0.15 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 5.7" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.9" | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.7" | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 5.4" | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 18.6 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| September | 85°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.6" | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| October | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.9" | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.9" | 10.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 5.9" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Saint Bernard works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 27 and hold at or above 90°F on 23 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 30 dates, bottoming at 31°F around January 13.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 22 through August 13, covering 23 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 2 to October 28.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
Freezing normal lows persist into January 30, covering 30 dates.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 19, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 29 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 106 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 27 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Saint Bernard.
Where Saint Bernard Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 60 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Saint Bernard earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.4 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
Saint Bernard spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 29%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Saint Bernard has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.9" and October 3.9". The three wettest months together take 29% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Saint Bernard, it arrives in quantity
60.3" of precipitation falls across only about 105 wet days here, averaging 0.57 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 105 a year, 29% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.57 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 10
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 6
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
215 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,041
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,792
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AL closest to Saint Bernard on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (62°F here).
- Clarendon, AR 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Clinton, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Colusa, CA 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Jackson Springs, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (60.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Townsend, TN 60.3" · 0.0" off
- Wartrace, TN 60.3" · 0.0" off
- Monticello, MS 60.4" · 0.0" off
- Eudora, AR 60.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Saint Bernard's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Saint Bernard averages 60.3 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Saint Bernard's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.5°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Saint Bernard's normal, at 3,041 and 1,792 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 215-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Saint Bernard's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Saint Bernard, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Saint Bernard's primary station: SAINT BERNARD (USC00017157). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Saint Bernard; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Saint Bernard comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.