Warmer Today; Much Colder Tomorrow Night
DRY WEATHER CONTINUES: Temperatures are mostly in the 20s over the northern half of Alabama this morning, but we expect a nice warm-up today. With a partly to mostly sunny sky, temperatures reach the mid 50s in most places this afternoon. The average high for Birmingham on January 27 is 55.
Clouds return to the state tomorrow as a cold front passes through. Low levels will remain dry, and no rain is expected with the front. Colder air begins to arrive as temperatures will hold in the 40s over North Alabama during the day.
THE ALABAMA WEEKEND: The sky will clear tomorrow night, and by daybreak Saturday temperatures will drop into the 18-23 degree range over the northern half of the state. Saturday will be a sunny, cold day with a high between 37 and 42 degrees. Then, on Sunday, after a low in the 20s temperatures rise into the 50s by afternoon with a good supply of sunshine.
NEXT WEEK: The weather will be dry and pleasant Monday and Tuesday with highs in the upper 50s and low 60s. Then, unsettled weather is likely over the latter half of the week with the approach of a slow moving cold front. Some thunderstorms will be possible, but too early to know if severe storms will become an issue. Colder air will likely return by Friday or Saturday (February 4/5)… See the Weather Xtreme video for maps, graphics, and more details.
ON THIS DATE IN 1940: On January 27, 1940 Alabama was locked in a severe cold wave. The snow came on the 23rd and 24th. There was more than a foot in parts of North Alabama. One inch fell as far south as Montgomery.Bitter, bitter cold followed the snow.
At Birmingham Airport, the temperature dropped to 8 below on the 27th. The city was covered with 7 inches of snow. There was ice skating on the Black Warrior River at Birmingport with ice on the river four inches thick. The ice was seven inches thick on creeks running into the river. The Cullman area was very hard hit by the unusually severe winter storm. Over a 13-inch blanket of snow the Cullman temperature plunged to a bitter 16 below zero. Anniston was buried under an 11-inch blanket of snow.
ON THIS DATE IN 1989: Bitter cold air gripped most of Alaska during January 1989. Tanana, near Fairbanks, saw a low temperature of 76 degrees below zero on this day. The high for the day was 60 degrees below zero. With an average temperature of 68 degrees below zero, Tanana saw an average temperature of nearly sixty degrees below normal. McGrath, Alaska, recorded a wind chill of -100°F. This is the lowest wind chill ever observed in the U.S. at a populated location.
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