February 2nd is Candlemas Day. It is the traditional midpoint of winter. By early February, Alabama is beginning to really feel the move toward spring. Days are lengthening and average temperatures are slowing warming as the amount of sunshine increases each day. At the beginning of the month, the average high [...]
(Saturday morning lows, courtesy MesoWest)
I say initial because it is not really over yet. Temperatures this week will continue to be below normal, and we have one final, weak cold front that will come through tomorrow before we can really start to warm up. And, warming up may take a while, since 2 [...]
For most of us, it is good news to see that the weather will be warming up. It is fairly unusual for Central Alabama to see temperatures this cold for so many days. One of the nicest things about living in the Southeast US is that cold does not usually last very long. [...]
As of 10 AM today, the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport had recorded 71.67″ (unofficially) for the year. It’s unofficial because the NWS climate report has not come out for the day; once that comes out, we will be “official.”
So, where does that rank us in Birmingham’s wettest years? This year was the fourth-wettest on record [...]
In just a couple of days, we will close the books on 2009. It is a year that we will remember for its rainfall. As Brian Peters has reported, we have received 71.49 inches of rain this year at the Birmingham Airport. This ranks 2009 as the fourth wettest year since 1900. [...]
As of December 26, 2009, with only five days left in the month and the year, the official observing site at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport has recorded 71.49 inches of rain. That places 2009 as the 4th wettest year on record since 1900. Here are the top five wettest years as reported by the [...]
This is one of those days in which the temperature is not following the norm for diurnal change! The temperature at midnight at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport was 57 which is going to end up as the high for the day. But as of 1 pm, the temperature at fallen steadily to 39 [...]
It appears that the Birmingham airport received 0.52 inches of rain – just a tad over half an inch. That together with the 4.81 we’ve had throughout the month gives us a monthly total of 5.33 inches. That makes November, 2009, the 21st wettest November on record in Birmingham since 1900.
A little behind [...]
It’s going to be tough for November to compare to September and October when it comes to rainfall. The monthly rainfall at the Birmingham International Airport stands at 4.81 inches which makes this November the 27th wettest on record.
Rain will occur on Monday, so we can see that number go up. If we [...]
Where has the year gone? Now we are in the twelfth month of 2009. It has been an interesting year weather wise in Birmingham, with rainfall being the big story. We have already measured 65.04 inches of rain this year, enough to make it 14th wettest year ever. We might break [...]