Fall Temperature Dates

Central Alabama Fall Temperature Statistics

The 2010 Summer season has been extremely warm across the southeastern United States, with the State of Alabama experiencing one of the warmest summers on record. Statistics from this summer can be found here:

Central Alabama Summer Heat Statistics

NOAA Global Temperature Statistics

The Fall season officially begins at 10:09pm CDT on September 22, 2010. This is also termed the "Autumnal Equinox," in which the daylight and nightime hours are equal. After that time, nighttime hours will be longer than daylight hours until December 21st, which is termed the "Winter Solstice."

The start of the fall season also helps us to look forward to cooler temperatures, especially with the scorching summer that we have gone through. Below are the average, earliest, and latest dates of the first frost, first freeze, and first significant freeze (28 Degrees or Below) for Birmingham, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, and Montgomery from 1970-2009.

Minimum Temperature of 36 Degrees
	Birmingham	Anniston	Tuscaloosa	Montgomery
Average Date	October 28th	October 25th	October 30th	November 2nd
Earliest Date	10/2/1984	10/2/1984	10/2/1984	10/2/1991
Latest Date	11/25/2004	11/14/1975, 2004	12/1/1978	12/6/1978

Minimum Temperature of 32 Degrees
	Birmingham	Anniston	Tuscaloosa	Montgomery
Average Date	November 10th	November 4th	November 9th	November 12th
Earliest Date	10/21/1987, 1989	10/10/2000	10/10/2000	10/20/1989
Latest Date	12/2/2004	11/26/2004	12/6/1978	12/12/1994

Minimum Temperature of 28 Degrees
	Birmingham	Anniston	Tuscaloosa	Montgomery
Average Date	November 19th	November 18th	November 21st	November 29th
Earliest Date	10/22/1987	10/22/1987	10/29/2008	11/1/1993
Latest Date	12/16/1998	12/14/2004	12/19/1971	1/5/1994