. . . anywhere I can find it! These semi-puny examples in the last hour or so… …..61 Hot Springs, Va., and Jefferson, N. C. …..60 Boone, N.C. …..58 Jefferson, N. C. …..64 Winchester, Tenn., and Asheville, N.C. …..66 Valley Head and Cullman Airport, Ala. …..and this not so puny example! 31.6 North pole Alaska, [...]

Q. Are you wary of reading so much about the heat? Q. Will the beginning of football season psychologically cool you off a bit? Here is a roundup of today’s high temperatures: ALABAMA 85 Lookout Mountain near Collinsville with 0.88 rain 84 Coker 94 Muscle Shoals 95 Huntsville 93 Decatur 94 Haleyville 90 Gadsden Airport [...]

The official temperature reached 90 at Birmingham Airport between noon and 1 o’clock today so the long string of 90 degrees or hotter goes unbroken. Today is the 45th day in a row with high temperatures 90 or above!

Early this afternoon some scattered thunderstorms were already moving into extreme West Alabama–most of them near the Mississippi border. They are not numerous yet, but they will be increasing in number and intensity as the afternoon goes on. Some of those, because of the deep tropical moist air, will dump very heavy rain. Scattered showers [...]

In all sections of Alabama late this afternoon you could find scattered showers along with some thunderstorms. If we were to mention every shower, you would be reading this an hour from now. Really, they are not THAT numerous. Here are some of the main ones: …..Near and north of Huntsville. Downpours with those …..Western [...]

Some 12-noon temperatures around the great state of Alabama: …..92 Huntsville, heat index 102 …..92 Tuscaloosa, heat index 104 …..90 Birmingham, heat index 100 (so the long string of 90+ unbroken) …..88 Shelby County Airport …..88 Maxwell AFB, Montgomery …..85 Greenville, light rain …..86 Anniston …..88 Alexander City …..84 Auburn …..88 Mobile Regional Airport …..85 [...]

IT IS OFFICIAL: 90F just before 4 pm at the Airport. The streak is intact. RADAR: Draw a line from Winfield to Birmingham to Sylacauga and showers and storm are fairly numerous northeast of the line. Heavy rain and vivid lightning accompany the storms. EARLIER POST: The temperature at the Birmingham Airport reached 89f just [...]

Plenty of heat and humidity around Alabama on this Friday afternoon. Scattered thunderstorms have developed and they seemed to want to move toward the west. Significant Weather Alerts were issued for a number of North Alabama counties. Some of the main storms (but not all) as of 3:40 pm …..Between Gadsden and Guntersville …..Extreme North [...]

Most of you are too young to remember the Hit Parade on Sunday nights. It was a delightful way to end the week. This is not a Hit Parade, instead let us call it the Heat Parade. Here is a list of high temperatures around the scorching Alabama countryside today: 90 Evergreen* 92 Dothan* 94 [...]

In some parts of Alabama, this is one of our hotter days so far. Late this afternoon there were scattered showers and thunderstorms (actually widely spaced) over the south half of the state and also some in the Tennessee Valley of North Alabama. The north Alabama storms were moving east and the one in South [...]