Valley Head, AL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Valley Head's primary NOAA station, VALLEY HEAD 1 SSW - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Valley Head
Water is the standout signal in Valley Head, Alabama: 56.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 59°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 59°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 56.2"
- precipitation, annual total
- 206 days
- frost-free growing season
Valley Head: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00063862 · Valley Head, AL 59°F mean · 56.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,871
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Table Rock
- PRCP-WET 56.2"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,530 HDD
- STN-MULTI USW00063862
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Table Rock, SC (+ 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.
- Valley Head (this station) 59°F
- Cold Clarkesville, GA 59°F
- Hot Table Rock, SC 59°F
- Near Sandberg, CA 59°F
- Near Natural Brg, AZ 59°F
Climate Living Index · Valley Head
Valley Head: 68/100 · grade C
Valley Head publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Valley Head, 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 | 55 calendar days | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.8°F · 8.7° from 67.5°F | 72/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 206 days/year | 69/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 56.2 in · 21.2 from 35 in | 24/100 · F |
Valley Head · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Valley Head is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 39.9°F and warmest-month mean 76.6°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
- 76.6°F
- Coldest month
- 39.9°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 · heating-led station
Where Valley Head sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Valley Head's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 29% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Valley Head sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Valley Head's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Valley Head is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Valley Head compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Valley Head'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 4.7" | N/A | 20.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 5.4" | N/A | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 62°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 5.2" | N/A | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 71°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 5.1" | N/A | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 78°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.4" | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.8" | N/A | 0.0 | 5.9 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 5.2" | N/A | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| August | 87°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 3.5" | N/A | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.5" | N/A | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.5" | N/A | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 4.5" | N/A | 12.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.5" | N/A | 16.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 55 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 29°F near January 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 13, then returns to freezing around December 21, covering 55 dates in all.
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 21, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 16 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 121 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Valley Head.
Where Valley Head Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 56 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Valley Head 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 and snowfall
10.2 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
Valley Head spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Valley Head has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.5" and August 3.5". 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 Valley Head, it arrives in quantity
56.2" of precipitation falls across only about 120 wet days here, averaging 0.47 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 120 a year, 33% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.47 inches
- Most wet days
- February, about 12
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 7
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
October 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
206 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,530
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,301
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AL closest to Valley Head 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 (59°F here).
- Athens, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Clovis, NM 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Helena, OK 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Murray, KY 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (56.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mableton, GA 56.2" · 0.0" off
- Sparkman, AR 56.2" · 0.0" off
- Pikeville, TN 56.2" · 0.0" off
- Brownsville, TN 56.1" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Valley Head's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Valley Head's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,530 annual heating degree days against 1,301 for cooling. Its 36.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Valley Head's frost-free season lasts about 206 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Valley Head's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.7°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Valley Head carries 56.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Valley Head's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Valley Head, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 Valley Head's primary station: VALLEY HEAD 1 SSW (USW00063862). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Valley Head area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0178240). Match rule for Valley Head: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Valley Head 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.