2001 Weather Year in Review

2001 Weather Year in Review

Rainfall

Several locations across the area recorded above normal rainfall for the year. This table is a comparison of this year's monthly rainfall to year 2000. The column labeled Departure, is the departure of the total rainfall for the year or so far this year, from the 30 year average (1961-1990) rainfall for the year. Rainfall amounts are in inches.


Site	Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Departure
ANB	2000	5.76	2.57	4.13	5.80	2.90	3.01	3.64	1.94	1.43	1.78	7.21	1.29	41.46	-11.42
	2001	4.14	2.98	9.23	5.21	4.92	6.39	4.29	3.26	4.30	2.37	2.60	3.56	53.25	0.37
	30 year average	5.08	5.07	6.34	5.25	4.23	3.71	4.46	3.9	3.57	2.74	3.72	4.81	52.88
BHM	2000	5.72	2.17	10.67	8.19	0.88	2.89	4.62	2.20	1.66	1.26	8.14	1.84	50.24	-4.34
	2001	5.23	4.35	8.43	7.30	5.25	7.54	4.12	7.40	6.27	2.43	3.30	4.79	66.73	11.80
	30 year average	5.10	4.72	6.19	4.96	4.85	3.73	5.25	3.59	3.93	2.81	4.33	5.12	54.58

HSV	2000	4.24	2.61	5.76	8.40	1.29	5.04	1.31	1.16	1.81	0.01	7.63	3.63	42.89	-14.29
	2001	5.60	4.57	6.43	3.52	7.31	7.03	8.14	4.45	3.50	3.77	3.53	6.31	64.16	6.98
	30 year average	5.17	4.87	6.62	4.93	5.08	4.13	4.85	3.47	4.08	3.25	4.86	5.87	57.18

MGM	2000	4.04	1.88	3.22	1.64	0.78	2.13	1.69	2.39	7.50	0.79	6.88	5.01	37.95	-15.48
	2001	3.86	3.99	12.14	3.00	4.69	1.87	2.88	4.86	1.99	2.19	2.96	3.08	47.51	-5.92
	30 year average	4.68	5.48	6.26	4.49	3.92	3.90	5.19	3.69	4.09	2.45	4.08	5.20	53.43

MSL	2000	4.40	2.17	3.93	8.06	1.81	3.70	4.91	0.43	0.80	t	6.54	4.10	40.85	-13.00
	2001	5.31	6.52	4.25	4.85	5.45	6.62	8.80	4.86	3.68	4.60	3.02	5.15	63.11	+9.26
	30 year average	4.48	4.45	5.9	4.41	5.1	4.07	4.58	3.29	4.08	3.20	4.52	5.77	53.85

TCL	2000	5.61	2.83	7.70	8.65	0.44	1.81	2.97	0.76	2.01	1.75	10.04	4.68	49.25	-5.65
	2001	5.82	3.73	6.36	2.32	3.53	4.37	2.37	6.46	8.88	4.95	5.35	6.02	60.16	5.26
	30 year average	5.25	5.13	6.28	5.40	4.21	3.83	5.41	3.86	3.25	3.02	4.13	5.13	54.90

Top five greatest 24 hour rainfall total (inches) for 2001:

Location	24 Hour Amount	Month/Date
Eufaula Wildlife Refuge	7.74	November 25
Haleyville	5.50	April 4
Troy	5.15	March 4
Centreville	5.11	February 17
Aliceville	5.04	September 3

Top five greatest MONTH total (inches) precipitation for 2001:

Location	Amount	Month
Opelika	17.98	March
Troy	15.35	March
Union Spring	15.25	March
Auburn	15.07	March

Temperatures

The highest temperature across parts of the area was 98 degrees at several locations,

Location	Temperature	Month/Date
Saint Bernard	98	July 28
Fayette	98	July 21
Tuscaloosa AC	98	July 20
Greensboro	98	July 20

The lowest temperature,

Location	Temperature	Month/Date
Hamilton	4	January 3-4
Camp Hill	7	January 3-4
Valley Head	7	January 3-4

The following table shows the number of days the high or low temperature was equal or above/below a given temperature.

Location	# of days greater than or equal to 90^oF	# of days greater than or equal to 95^oF	# of days less than or equal to 32^oF	# of days less than or equal to 20^oF
Anniston	33	0	48	8
Birmingham	30	1	45	7
Decatur	26	0	60	9
Huntsville	30	1	59	10
Montgomery	55	4	38	4
Muscle Shoals	29	0	57	7
Shelby County	30	0	40	3
Troy	44	1	42	3
Tuscaloosa	56	4	44	5