Alabama
How cold was it overnight in Alabama?
Some Alabama cities experienced single-digit temperatures overnight, but Wednesday promises to be slightly “warmer” across Alabama, according to forecasters.
The National Weather Service was reporting temperatures as low as 1 degree early Wednesday morning in Alabama, with multiple locations in the single digits.
Here are some unofficial low temperatures from across Alabama from overnight (from midnight until 6 a.m. Wednesday):
Anniston: 10 degrees
Birmingham: 10 degrees
Decatur: 7 degrees
Demopolis: 13 degrees
Dothan: 19 degrees
Eufaula: 17 degrees
Evergreen: 16 degrees
Gadsden: 5 degrees
Greenville: 13 degrees
Haleyville: 1 degree
Huntsville: 8 degrees
Mobile: 19 degrees
Montgomery: 15 degrees
Muscle Shoals: 4 degrees
Ozark: 19 degrees
Selma: 14 degrees
Talladega: 8 degrees
Troy: 18 degrees
Tuscaloosa: 12 degrees
There may not be any record low temperatures today, but there were some record low high temperatures on Tuesday in Huntsville, Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, according to the weather service.
The National Weather Service in Huntsville said there were record low high temperatures in both Huntsville and Muscle Shoals on Tuesday.
Huntsville’s high was 21 degrees, breaking the record of 24 in 2009. The high temperature in Muscle Shoals was 22 degrees on Tuesday, which tied the record last set in 1927.
The weather service in Birmingham said Birmingham’s high on Tuesday was 27 degrees, breaking the previous record in 1977 of 30, and Tuscaloosa’s high was 28 degrees, breaking the previous record of 31 in 1977.
Alabama will warm up a bit today, but it will remain very cold, with highs only expected to make it into the 30s for the northern half of the state. South Alabama is forecast to climb into the 40s (today’s forecast highs are at the top of this post).
Tonight will be very cold, but not as cold as Wednesday. Here are tonight’s forecast low temperatures:
Thursday’s highs will be a bit warmer than today, but the warmup will only be short-lived.
The weather service is expecting another shot of arctic air to arrive in Alabama starting on Thursday night. Wintry precipitation isn’t expected to be a big issue with this system, but it will send temperatures back into really cold territory this weekend.
Here are the forecast highs for Friday:
Low temperatures by Saturday morning could wind up in the single digits again in parts of Alabama:
Sunday will also have really cold low temperatures, but the weather service expects a warmup to begin on Monday, when highs are forecast to be back in the 40s and 50s across the state. Here are the forecast highs for Monday:
The warmup is expected to continue into next week.