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Muscle Shoals, Alabama New Climate Normals |
Click in the box below for the daily normals and records for the month indicated. |
Monthly Normals
The NEW 1981-2010 Normals
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
Normal High | 50.7 | 55.4 | 64.4 | 73.3 | 80.9 | 87.8 | 90.8 | 90.9 | 84.7 | 74.3 | 63.3 | 52.8 | 72.5 |
Normal Low | 31.3 | 35.0 | 42.0 | 49.5 | 58.7 | 66.3 | 70.0 | 68.8 | 61.6 | 49.8 | 40.9 | 33.8 | 50.7 |
Normal Avg | 41.0 | 45.2 | 53.2 | 61.4 | 69.8 | 77.0 | 80.4 | 79.8 | 73.2 | 62.1 | 52.1 | 43.3 | 61.6 |
HDD* | 744 | 555 | 378 | 160 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 153 | 394 | 674 | 3105 |
CDD** | ~0 | 1 | 12 | 52 | 179 | 362 | 477 | 460 | 259 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 1874 |
Normal Precipitation | 4.61 | 4.66 | 4.76 | 4.35 | 5.12 | 4.76 | 4.30 | 3.15 | 3.72 | 3.43 | 4.66 | 5.86 | 53.20 |
Normal Snowfall | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.2 |
The OLD 1971-2000 Normals
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
Normal High | 49.1 | 54.8 | 63.8 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 87.3 | 90.6 | 90.0 | 83.9 | 73.6 | 62.2 | 52.7 | 71.7 |
Normal Low | 30.7 | 34.3 | 41.8 | 48.7 | 57.7 | 65.6 | 69.8 | 68.1 | 61.9 | 49.4 | 40.8 | 33.8 | 50.2 |
Normal Avg | 39.9 | 44.6 | 52.8 | 60.6 | 68.8 | 76.5 | 80.2 | 79.1 | 72.9 | 61.5 | 51.5 | 43.3 | 60.6 |
HDD* | 778 | 573 | 388 | 169 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 171 | 414 | 674 | 3236 |
CDD** | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 167 | 344 | 471 | 436 | 255 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 1789 |
Normal Precipitation | 4.97 | 4.46 | 6.21 | 4.43 | 5.30 | 4.90 | 4.52 | 2.96 | 4.30 | 3.22 | 5.09 | 5.44 | 55.80 |
Normal Snowfall | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T | 0.2 | 2.4 |
Change (1981-2010 Normals) - (1971-2000 Normals)
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |
Normal High | +1.6 | +0.6 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +1.1 | +0.1 | +0.8 |
Normal Low | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.7 | -0.3 | +0.4 | +0.1 | 0 | +0.5 |
Normal Avg | +1.1 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.6 | 0 | +1.0 |
HDD* | -34 | -18 | -10 | -9 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -18 | -20 | 0 | -131 |
CDD** | ~0 | +1 | +4 | +16 | +12 | +18 | +6 | +24 | +4 | -1 | -2 | +1 | +85 |
Normal Precipitation | -0.36 | +0.20 | -1.45 | -0.08 | -0.18 | -0.14 | -0.22 | +0.19 | -0.58 | +0.21 | -0.43 | +0.24 | -2.60 |
Normal Snowfall | -0.6 | +0.1 | +0.1 | ~0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~0 | +0.2 | -0.2 |
* HDD = Heating Degree Days
** CDD = Cooling Degree Days