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Alabama’s lowest recorded temperature is β27 Β°F (β33 Β°C), recorded on January 30, 1966, in New Market.
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The lowest temperature ever recorded in Alabama was -27Β°F (-32.8Β°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 -27Β°F (-32.8Β°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 -4Β°F (-20Β°C)
Mobile reached 13Β°F (-10.6Β°C)
Montgomery hit -5Β°F (-20.6Β°C), which is still its coldest on record
Before that, the previous record low was -18Β°F (-27.8Β°C), set in Valley Head in February 1905.
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