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Birmingham Cold Weather Facts
Birmingham Freeze Facts (1895 – 2006)
Freeze Facts
- Earliest last Spring freeze – February 3rd, 1945
- Average date of last Spring freeze – March 26th
- Latest Spring freezing temperature – April 23rd, 1986
- Earliest Autumn freezing temperature - October 18th, 1948
- Average date of first Autumn freeze - November 9th
- Latest Autumn first freeze – January 10th, 1932
Coldest Temperature ever: -10 on February 13th, 1899
Coldest Maximum Temperature ever: 13 on December 12th, 1962
Greatest number of hours with consecutive minimum temperatures of 32 degrees or below:
- 116 hours – January 23rd-28th, 1940
- 110 hours – January 15th-20th, 1977
- 95 hours – February 2nd-6th, 1996
- 92 hours – December 21st-25th, 1989
- 89 hour – December 23rd-27th, 1983
- 72 hours – January 9th-12th, 1982
Greatest number of days with consecutive minimum temperatures of 32 degrees or below:
- 27 days – December 24th, 1980 – January 19th, 1981
- 20 days – February 6th, 1968 – February 25th, 1968
- 20 days – December 14th, 1963 – January 2nd, 1964
- 18 days – January 26th, 1978 – February 12th, 1978
- 17 days – January 7th, 1918 – January 23rd, 1918
- 17 days – January 18th, 1940 – February 3rd, 1940
- 17 days – December 29th, 1968 – January 14th, 1969
Most number of days with a minimum temperature of 32 degrees or below per month:
- 25 days – January 1940, December 1963, February 1968, January 1978
- 24 days – January 1976, January 1977, January 1981, January 1985
- 23 days – January 1948, January 1958, February 1978
- 22 days – February 1947, January 1961, February 1963, December 1976, January 1984, December 1985
| October |
April |
4 days – 1957 |
5 days – 1983 |
3 days – 1965, 1987 |
4 days – 1950, 1987 |
Normal number of days with a minimum temperature of 32 degrees or below per month:
- January – 13.3
- February – 10.1
- March – 4.9
- April – 0.6
- October – 0.4
- November – 5.5
- December – 11.9
- Annual – 46.8
At or Below Zero Degrees Readings:
- -10 – February 13th, 1899
- -6 – January 21st, 1985
- -4 – January 30th, 1966
- -4 – January 20th, 1985
- -2 – January 24th, 1963
- -1 – January 11th, 1982
- 0 – January 17th, 1982
Most number of days with minimum temperature 32 degrees or below in a calendar year:
- 81 – 1968
- 77 – 1969
- 75 – 1963
- 74 – 1978
- 72 – 1958
Least number of days with minimum temperature 32 degrees or below in a calendar year:
- 20 – 1921
- 22 – 1931, 1939
- 23 – 1907, 1922, 1923, 1933
- 25 - 1897
Birmingham Snow Facts (1895-2006)
Top Five Snow Days
- 10.3” – March 13th, 1993
- 9.5” – January 23rd, 1940
- 8.1” – January 28th, 1904
- 8.0” – January 30th, 1936, December 31st, 1963
Top Five Snow Events
- 13.0” – March 12th-13th, 1993
- 11.0” – January 29th-30th, 1936
- 9.5” – January 23rd, 1940
- 8.1” – January 28th, 1904
- 8.0” – December 31st, 1963
Earliest Snow
1”> November 24th, 1950
4”> December 22nd, 1929
Latest Snow
1”> April 3rd, 1987
4”> April 3rd, 1987
Monthly Snow Normals and Max (Year)
Month |
Normal Amount |
Max/Year |
| January |
0.8” |
11.8” (1936) |
| February |
0.2” |
5.0” (1901) |
| March |
0.3” |
13.0” (1993) |
| April |
0.0 |
5.0” (1987) |
| October |
0.0 |
0.0" |
| November |
0.0 |
1.4” (1951) |
| December |
0.3” |
8.0” (1963) |
| Annual |
1.7” |
13.0” (1992-1993 season)
12.9” (1929-1930, 1935-1936 seasons) |
White Christmas Data (December 20th-31st) – Bold is Christmas Day Snows
Measurable Snow
- 8.0” – December 31st, 1963
- 5.5” – December 22nd, 1929
- 1.6” – December 29th, 1997
- 1.0” – December 22nd, 1935
- 0.1” – December 20th, 1909
Trace Amounts
- December 31st, 1932
- December 28th, 1935
- December 31st, 1935
- December 29th, 1939
- December 30th, 1941
- December 31st, 1945
- December 30th, 1948
- December 22nd, 1949
- December 27th, 1950
- December 20th, 1951
- December 28th, 1956
- December 29th, 1956
- December 21st, 1960
- December 24th, 1961
- December 27th, 1961
- December 22nd, 1963
- December 23rd, 1963
- December 24th, 1963
- December 23rd, 1966
- December 24th, 1966
- December 30th, 1966
- December 27th, 1967
- December 21st, 1969
- December 22nd, 1969
- December 20th, 1973
- December 31st, 1976
- December 21st, 1977
- December 29th, 1977
- December 20th, 1980
- December 24th, 1980
- December 30th, 1983
- December 24th, 1985
- December 25th, 1989
- December 23rd, 1990
- December 24th, 1990
- December 22nd, 1993
- December 23rd, 1993
- December 25th, 1993
- December 23rd, 1995
- December 24th, 1995
- December 30th, 1997
- December 31st, 1997
- December 21st, 2000
- December 26th, 2000
- December 29th, 2000
- December 30th, 2000
- December 31st, 2000
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