Greater Birmingham is Alabama’s largest metropolitan area and its economic center.
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Alabama’s lowest recorded temperature is −27 °F (−33 °C), recorded on January 30, 1966, in New Market.
Cahaba in Dallas County was Alabama’s first permanent state capital from 1820 to 1825.
Pine forests form the largest proportion of forests in Alabama, which once boasted huge expanses of these forests.
In 2001, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore installed a statue of the Ten Commandments in the capitol in Montgomery.
In the Alabama language, the word for a person of Alabama lineage is Albaamo (or variously Albaama or Albàamo in different dialects; the plural form is Albaamaha).
The Spanish were the first Europeans to reach Alabama during their exploration of North America in the 16th century.
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Alabama hosts 420 bird species that spend at least part of their year in the state.
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Alabama was -27°F (-32.8°C) on January 30, 1966, in New Market, located in Madison County in the northeastern part of the state. This remains the coldest official temperature in Alabama's history. Interestingly, on that same day, other parts of the state alsoRead more
The lowest temperature ever recorded in Alabama was -27°F (-32.8°C) on January 30, 1966, in New Market, located in Madison County in the northeastern part of the state. This remains the coldest official temperature in Alabama’s history.
Interestingly, on that same day, other parts of the state also saw extreme cold:
Birmingham dropped to -4°F (-20°C)
Mobile reached 13°F (-10.6°C)
Montgomery hit -5°F (-20.6°C), which is still its coldest on record
Before that, the previous record low was -18°F (-27.8°C), set in Valley Head in February 1905.
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