NWS Forecast Office Huntsville, AL

Low temperatures and precipitation chances for tonight.

Showers/storms are expected to increase in coverage this afternoon/early evening before dissipating. Another chance of storms may occur late tonight into Friday morning. A few storms during these periods could become strong to severe producing damaging winds/hail up to the size of quarters

High temperatures and precipitation chances for tomorrow.

Warm/humid conditions through Monday, with highs in the upper 80s/lower 90s. Isolated to scattered showers/storms Saturday and Monday. Rain chances increase from Tuesday-Wed, as moisture/forcing from TC Cristobal spreads north.

This graphic contains daily climate data (climate normals and records) for today for the sites listed. The legend is in the lower left portion of the image. The current "normals" period is 1981-2010. The date for each location represents the year in which the first observations began. However, some weather elements were recorded and/or retained before others at some sites. For example, at Huntsville, precipitation records begin in 1894, but official temperature records start in 1907. Following is a list containing the starting year that continuous weather records began at each site. Location: Year Temperature Records Began/Year Precipitation Records Began... Huntsville:1907/1894... Muscle Shoals:1893/1893... Cullman:1907/1907... Fayetteville:1957/1935... Guntersville:1910/1904... Russellville:1953/1953... Scottsboro:1891/1891... For more information, please visit the National Centers for Environmental Information at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov

Here are some climate statistics for Huntsville and Muscle Shoals for the month of May 2020... The average temperature at Huntsville was 67.2 degrees, which was 3.1 degrees below normal, ranking as the 28th coolest May. At Muscle Shoals, the monthly average was 69 degrees, which was 0.8 degrees below normal. The temperature ranking was over 50th at Muscle Shoals. The highest temperature recorded at Huntsville for the month was 88 degrees, while the lowest was 39 degrees. At Muscle Shoals, the highest temperature was 91 degrees, while the lowest was 42 degrees. Precipitation for the month measured 4.63 inches at Huntsville, which was 0.48 inches below normal for the month. At Muscle Shoals, the total was 4.03 inches, which was 1.09 inches below normal. May was the first month with below normal precipitation at Huntsville since November, while it was the first month with below normal precipitation at Muscle Shoals since December. May 2020 was the coolest May since 1997 at Huntsville. Despite cool temperatures in April and May, meteorological spring (March to May) temperatures still averaged below the long term average due to very mild temperatures in March.