National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

  Top 10 Snowiest Years (October - September)

 

Birmingham (POR: 1896 - 2021)

Inches

Season

13

1992-1993

12.9

1935-1936

12.9

1929-1930

10

1939-1940

8.4

1963-1964

8.1

1903-1904

7.6

1986-1987

6.6

1981-1982

6.5

1923-1924

6.4

1918-1919

 

 

Montgomery (POR: 1872 - 2021)

Inches

Season

12.7

1886-1887

8.1

1880-1881

6.5

1898-1899

6.0

1976-1977

4.1

1913-1914

4.0

1900-1901

3.8

1992-1993

3.5

2009-2010

3.5

1899-1900

3.2

1894-1895

 

 

 Anniston (POR: 1903 - 2021)

Inches

Season

13

1992-1993

11.5

1903-1904

7.8

1986-1987

6.6

1963-1964

4.5

1997-1998

4.3

1991-1992

4

1978-1979

3.7

1904-1905

3.6

1957-1958

3.5

1961-1962

 

 

Tuscaloosa (POR: 1948 - 2022)

Inches

Season

7

1959-1960

4

1976-1977

3.8

1992-1993

3

1981-1982

2.7

1963-1964

1.7

1967-1968

1.2

1983-1984

1.2

1970-1971

1

2009-2010

1

1979-1980

 

 

 

 

Earliest Snowfall

 Latest Snowfall

Birmingham 11/24/1950  

Birmingham 4/3/1987

Montgomery 12/05/1886

Montgomery 4/3/1987

Anniston   11/02/1966

Anniston  4/3/1987

Tuscaloosa 12/31/1963

Tuscaloosa 3/13/1993

                                                  

 

 

    Maximum Monthly Snowfall 

 

Month

BHM

MGM

ANB

TCL

November

1.4-1950

T-2018

0.8-1966

T-2011

December

8.0-1963

11-1886

6.0-1963

2.7-1963

January

11.8-1936

6.0-1977

10.0-1904

4.0-1977

February

5.0-1901

4.1-1914

4.5-1998

7.0-1960

March

13.0-1993

3.8-1993

13.0-1993

3.8-1993

April

5.0-1987

0.8-1987 

2.8-1987

T-1987