Winfield, Alabama climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Winfield's normal year runs from 30°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 64.1 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 16.1°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,628 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWinfield (2 mi SW)
- Station IDUSC00018998
- Location33.91°N 87.85°W
- Elevation520 ft (159 m)
- From the center4 miles
- Population4,862
On October 23, the normal high in Winfield is 72°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 25%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Winfield.
- Jan 52° 30°
- Feb 57° 33°
- Mar 65° 40°
- Apr 73° 47°
- May 80° 57°
- Jun 87° 65°
- Jul 89° 69°
- Aug 89° 68°
- Sep 85° 62°
- Oct 75° 49°
- Nov 64° 39°
- Dec 55° 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 Winfield each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.54 in), the least in September (3.78 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 30°F | 41.2°F | 6.07 | 11 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 57°F | 33°F | 44.8°F | 6.26 | 11 | <1 | 17 | 11 h |
| March | 65°F | 40°F | 52.4°F | 5.69 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 47°F | 60.0°F | 6.19 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 57°F | 68.4°F | 5.40 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 87°F | 65°F | 76.0°F | 5.35 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 89°F | 69°F | 79.2°F | 5.30 | 10 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 89°F | 68°F | 78.6°F | 4.43 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 62°F | 73.1°F | 3.78 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 49°F | 61.9°F | 4.15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 39°F | 51.0°F | 4.92 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 55°F | 33°F | 43.9°F | 6.54 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 49°F | 60.9°F | 64.08 | 113 | 52 | 81 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −1°C | 5.1°C | 154 mm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.1°C | 159 mm |
| March | 18°C | 4°C | 11.3°C | 145 mm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.6°C | 157 mm |
| May | 27°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 137 mm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 136 mm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.2°C | 135 mm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 113 mm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 96 mm |
| October | 24°C | 9°C | 16.6°C | 105 mm |
| November | 18°C | 4°C | 10.6°C | 125 mm |
| December | 13°C | 0°C | 6.6°C | 166 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00018998; 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 Winfield?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, 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 USC00018998.
When is the last frost in Winfield?
In Winfield, 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 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 41 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after March 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 211 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 239 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Winfield in zone 7b in ZIP code 35594. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Winfield's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (24 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 USC00018998; 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 Winfield?
In a normal year in Winfield, 52 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 81 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 113 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 52a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 81a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 113a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1973) is 107°F, on July 18, 1980; the lowest is −3°F, on December 24, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 85.13 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 14.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00018998; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00018998. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Winfield?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Winfield, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.6 |
| February | 67% | 3.2 |
| March | 71% | 4.3 |
| April | 77% | 5.5 |
| May | 79% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 6.3 |
| July | 80% | 6.1 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| 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 Winfield need?
A normal year in Winfield brings 3,183 heating degree days, 41% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,718 cooling degree days, 89% 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 4,962 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 738 | 0 |
| February | 567 | 1 |
| March | 397 | 7 |
| April | 184 | 36 |
| May | 45 | 152 |
| June | 1 | 331 |
| July | 0 | 440 |
| August | 0 | 422 |
| September | 14 | 258 |
| October | 157 | 63 |
| November | 425 | 7 |
| December | 654 | 2 |
| Year (annual) | 3,183 | 1,718 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00018998. 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 Winfield been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 62.1°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.9°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61.2°F | +0.3°F | 84.56 |
| 2025 | 62.1°F | +1.2°F | 65.36 |
Over 30 complete years from 1977 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.3°F per century (+0.24°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00018998; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Winfield's climate compare?
Winfield is warmer than 13 of the other 79 places with their own NOAA record in Alabama, and wetter than 69. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.9°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Winfield 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 Winfield share this climate record?
7 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.
- Guin, AL2,137 people · 6 mi NW
- Brilliant, AL839 people · 9 mi NE
- Glen Allen, AL421 people · 7 mi E
- Twin, AL359 people · 6 mi N
- Beaverton, AL180 people · 10 mi W
- Gu-Win, AL142 people · 3 mi NW
- Eldridge, AL131 people · 13 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.
Questions about Winfield's climate
What is the coldest month in Winfield?
January, with a normal high of 52°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 69°F at night).
Does it snow in Winfield?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.9 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Winfield?
December, with 6.54 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.78 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Winfield in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Winfield in zone 7b in ZIP code 35594. By the same method at Winfield's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 10°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Winfield?
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
- Fayette, AL14 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Hamilton, AL16 miles from this station, 60.7°F a year
- Vernon, AL20 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Haleyville, AL25 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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