Roundup of Alabama Low Temperatures

Cold (er, very cold) all the way to the coast on this Tuesday morning. Here is a roundup including 33/40 Skywatchers and reports from official stations.

13 (12.6) Grantly (North Cleburne County)
14 Broomtown (Cherokee County, lowest reported so far)
15 Valley Head (for many years they held the all time Alabama record)
17 Collinsville High School, Cottondale, Fort Payne Airport
19 Scottsboro Airport
20 Lookout Mountain near Collinsville
21 McCalla, Concord, Bessemer, Fayette, Anniston, Pinson, Muscle Shoals/TVA, Russellville Airport, Meridianville
22 Coker, Evergreen, Courtland
23 Center Point, Jasper, Wynnville, Shelby County Airport, Muscle Shoals Airport, Crossville, Cullman Ag Station, Albertville
24 Pleasant Grove, Decatur, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Guntersville, Cullman Airport
25 Springville, Center Point, Auburn, Montgomery
26 Dothan, Mobile, Birmingham

QUESTION OF THE DAY
Someone asked me “when do you weather people stop calling it cold and start calling it frigid?”) ANSWER: I don’t know. Personally, I call this cold or very cold but not frigid. Could be because I am so warm natured. So it depends on the individual.

USA EXTREMES
82 was the highest yesterday in Tucson
19 below zero this morning at International Falls, Minn.
33 below zero was the coldest in Alaska at Ft. Yukon and Galena

A COMPARISON
It was 12 degrees colder in Bessemer this morning, with 21, than Salt Lake City with 33. Valley Head, in NE Alabama, with 15, was 18 degrees colder than Salt Lake.

Category: Alabama's Weather