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Muscle Shoals Climatology

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Muscle Shoals , Alabama Climatology


MONTHLY NORMALS AND EXTREMES -- Muscle Shoals, AL 
(Normals are based on 1991-2020 data.)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Norm High 52.4 56.7 65.2 74.4 82.1 88.9 91.6 91.2 86.1 75.7 63.8 55.0 73.6
Norm Low 33.5 36.7 43.5 51.5 60.6 67.9 71.4 69.9 63.3 51.5 41.2 36.1 52.3
Norm Avg 42.9 46.7 54.4 62.9 71.3 78.4 81.5 80.5 74.7 63.6 52.5 45.6 62.9
Record High
(Year)*

80 
(1949)

 83
(2012)		 92
(1929)		 97
(1936)		 99
(1941)		 108
(1914)		 108
(1930)		 108
(1930)		 108
(1925)		 100
(2019)		 89
(2016)		 78
(2016)		 108
(1930)
Record Low
(Year)*		 -11
(1985)		 -13
(1905)		 7
(1899)		 24
(1940)		 32
(1909)		 42
(1894)		 49
(1937)		 47
(1917)		 36
(1901)		 23
(1917)		 2
(1950)		 -5
(1989)		 -11
(1985)
HDD** 684 514 347 130 22 0 0 0 8 127 384 605 2821
CDD*** 1 2 16 68 219 402 512 482 298 84 9 2 2095
Normal Precipitation 4.71 4.79 5.14 4.80 4.55 5.05 4.78 3.77 3.55 3.47 4.15 5.48 54.24
Record Max Precipitation
(Year)		 13.09
(1950)		 14.13
(2019)		 16.15
(1897)		 12.81
(1983)		 11.86
(1983)		 13.87
(1900)		 14.60
(1916)		 10.60
(1894)		 10.13
(1979)		 11.05
(1918)		 11.39
(1948)		 19.19
(1990)		 78.78
(1975)
Record Min Precipitation
(Year)*		 0.60
(1986)		 0.51
(1978)		 1.26
(1910)		 0.36
(1986)		 0.16
(1941)		 0.43
(1944)		 0.14
(1901)		 0.15
(1990)		 0.00
(1897)		 0.00
(1963)		 0.16
(1949)		 0.65
(1980)		 30.92
(1943)
Normal Snowfall - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Max Snowfall
(Year)		 10.6
(1966)		 12.0
(1910)		 5.0
(1968)		 0.5
(1987)		 - - - - - - 5.5
(1929)		 11.1
(1963)		 16.0
(1960)

* In some instances, similar values occurred in more than one year.  The years listed represent the most recent occurrence.  
** HDD = Heating Degree Days
*** CDD = Cooling Degree Days

DAILY NORMALS AND EXTREMES -- Muscle Shoals, AL
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