Talladega, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Talladega's normal year runs from 31°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 56.5 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.9 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.3°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,436 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTalladega
- Station IDUSC00018024
- Location33.42°N 86.14°W
- Elevation448 ft (137 m)
- Population14,693
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Talladega.
- Jan 54° 31°
- Feb 59° 34°
- Mar 67° 40°
- Apr 75° 46°
- May 82° 56°
- Jun 88° 65°
- Jul 91° 68°
- Aug 90° 67°
- Sep 86° 61°
- Oct 76° 49°
- Nov 65° 38°
- Dec 57° 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 Talladega each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in February (6.02 in), the least in October (3.41 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 31°F | 42.4°F | 5.27 | 10 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 34°F | 46.0°F | 6.02 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 40°F | 53.1°F | 5.79 | 10 | <1 | 8 | 12 h |
| April | 75°F | 46°F | 60.5°F | 4.77 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 56°F | 68.9°F | 4.65 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 88°F | 65°F | 76.2°F | 4.67 | 10 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 91°F | 68°F | 79.5°F | 4.69 | 11 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 90°F | 67°F | 78.7°F | 3.90 | 9 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 86°F | 61°F | 73.3°F | 3.49 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 49°F | 62.1°F | 3.41 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 38°F | 51.5°F | 4.69 | 7 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 57°F | 33°F | 45.0°F | 5.20 | 11 | <1 | 17 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 49°F | 61.4°F | 56.55 | 109 | 62 | 71 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | −1°C | 5.8°C | 134 mm |
| February | 15°C | 1°C | 7.8°C | 153 mm |
| March | 19°C | 4°C | 11.7°C | 147 mm |
| April | 24°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 121 mm |
| May | 28°C | 13°C | 20.5°C | 118 mm |
| June | 31°C | 18°C | 24.6°C | 119 mm |
| July | 33°C | 20°C | 26.4°C | 119 mm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 99 mm |
| September | 30°C | 16°C | 22.9°C | 89 mm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.7°C | 87 mm |
| November | 18°C | 3°C | 10.8°C | 119 mm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.2°C | 132 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00018024; 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 Talladega?
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 USC00018024.
When is the last frost in Talladega?
In Talladega, 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 November 1 in half of years and before October 19 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 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 208 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 231 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 25 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Talladega in zone 8a in ZIP code 35160, 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 USC00018024; 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 Talladega?
In a normal year in Talladega, 62 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 71 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 109 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 62a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 71a 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 1893) is 109°F, on June 28, 1931; the lowest is −10°F, on February 13, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 75.87 in; the snowiest season is 1929–30, with 14.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00018024; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00018024. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Talladega?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Talladega, 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 Talladega need?
A normal year in Talladega brings 3,013 heating degree days, 44% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,743 cooling degree days, 92% 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 5,053 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 701 | 0 |
| February | 532 | 1 |
| March | 375 | 8 |
| April | 171 | 37 |
| May | 39 | 158 |
| June | 1 | 337 |
| July | 0 | 450 |
| August | 0 | 423 |
| September | 10 | 258 |
| October | 151 | 63 |
| November | 412 | 7 |
| December | 622 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 3,013 | 1,743 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00018024. 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 Talladega been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 62.7°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 61.4°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61.8°F | +0.4°F | 62.61 |
| 2022 | 61.5°F | +0.1°F | 63.13 |
| 2023 | 63.2°F | +1.8°F | 63.51 |
| 2024 | 63.6°F | +2.2°F | 52.05 |
| 2025 | 62.7°F | +1.3°F | 57.61 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00018024. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Talladega's climate compare?
Talladega is warmer than 18 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 28. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.4°F is warmer than 78%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Talladega 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 Talladega share this climate record?
4 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.
- Pell City, AL14,094 people · 12 mi NW
- Lincoln, AL7,790 people · 11 mi N
- Riverside, AL2,304 people · 14 mi N
- Waldo, AL257 people · 6 mi E
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 Talladega's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Talladega. This page uses Talladega; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talladega (10 mi NNE) USW00073803 | 12 mi NE | 525 ft | 62.3°F | 33°F | 90°F | 52.2 | – | March 26 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Talladega's climate
What is the coldest month in Talladega?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Talladega?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.9 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Talladega?
February, with 6.02 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Talladega in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Talladega in zone 8a in ZIP code 35160, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Talladega?
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
- Childersburg, AL15 miles from this station, 64.5°F a year
- Sylacauga, AL16 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Anniston, AL20 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Ashland, AL22 miles from this station, 61.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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