Organized insurgent groups in Alabama included The Ku Klux Klan, the Pale Faces, Knights of the White Camellia, Red Shirts, and the White League.
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Tuscaloosa served as Alabama’s capital from 1826 to 1846.
On January 30, 1846, the Alabama legislature announced it had voted to move the capital city from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery. The first legislative session in the new capital met in December 1847.
Alabama was affected by the 1974 Super Outbreak and was devastated tremendously by the 2011 Super Outbreak, which produced a record amount of tornadoes in the state, totaling 62.
The northern part of Alabama, along the Tennessee River Valley, is most vulnerable to tornadoes.
Alabama’s lowest recorded temperature is −27 °F (−33 °C), recorded on January 30, 1966, in New Market.
Alabama has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port.
St. Stephens, now abandoned, served as the territorial capital from 1817 to 1819.
Alabama is part of the subtropical coniferous forest biome.
The name of the Alabama River and state is derived from the Alabama people, a Muskogean-speaking tribe whose members lived just below the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers on the upper reaches of the river.
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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