Snowy January now follows hottest recorded year in Huntsville history
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January has started off with a blast of cold temperatures and winter weather — as parts of North Alabama saw up to 7″ of snow over the weekend. However that comes after the hottest year in recorded history in the Rocket City.
Huntsville experienced its hottest year on record in 2024, surpassing the previous record by 0.5ºF.
Huntsville joins other Alabama cities recording hottest temps
According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Birmingham tied 2016 as its warmest year since they started taking temperatures in The Magic City in 1930. As well, Mobile notched its second warmest year ever in 2024. The Port City actually set the record for their hottest year in 2023.
In total, 2024 was the third warmest in Alabama.
Huntsville saw six days above 100 degrees in 2024, with its warmest day being Aug. 29 when temperatures reached 101 degrees.
2024 warmest on record in U.S.
The news about Alabama’s record annual temps come on the heels of a report Friday, released by NOAA scientists declaring 2024 the warmest on record for the United States and the globe.
NOAA stated in its January 10, 2025 news release, the average annual temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 55.5 degrees F — 3.5 degrees above the 20th-century average — ranking as the nation’s warmest year in NOAA’s 130-year climate record.
Seventeen states — Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin — had their warmest year on record.
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