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Montgomery Cold Weather Facts

Freeze Facts (1895 – 2006)

Freeze Facts

• Earliest last Spring freeze – December 30th, 1920
• Average date of last Spring freeze – March 8th
• Latest Spring freezing temperature – April 13th, 1940
• Earliest Autumn freezing temperature - October 20th, 1989
• Average date of first Autumn freeze - November 19th
• Latest Autumn first freeze – January 31st, 1932

Coldest Temperature ever: -5 on February 13th, 1899

Coldest Maximum Temperature ever: 18 on January 9th, 1886

Greatest number of days with consecutive minimum temperatures of 32 degrees or below:

• 18 days – January 15th, 1940 – February 1st, 1940
• 16 days – February 7th, 1958 – February 22nd, 1958
• 15 days – January 10th, 1918 – January 24th, 1918
• 13 days – February 7th, 1895 – February 19th, 1895
• 13 days – December 24th, 2002 – January 5th, 2002
• 12 days – January 13th, 1893 – January 24th, 1893
• 12 days – January 8th, 1981 – January 19th, 1981
• 12 days – January 5th, 1988 – January 16th, 1988
• 12 days – January 10th, 1997 – January 21st, 1997

Most number of days with a minimum temperature of 32 degrees or below per month:

• 26 days – January 1940
• 23 days – January 1977
• 22 days – January 2003
• 21 days – January 1918, January 1976, January 1981
• 20 days – January 1961, January 1963, January 1970, January 1978,
  January 1985
• 19 days – February 1958, December 1963, January 1988, January 1996, December 2000

 

October	April
3 days – 1968	2 days – 1987
2 days – 1957, 1962, 1987, 1989, 2001	1 day – 1950, 2000

 

Normal number of days with a minimum temperature of 32 degrees or below per month:  

• January – 10.1
• February – 6.3
• March – 2.0
• April – 0.1
• October – 0.2
• November – 3.2
• December – 8.4
• Annual – 30.3

At or Below Zero Degrees Readings:

• -5 – February 13th, 1899
• 0 – January 21st, 1985

Most number of days with minimum temperature 32 degrees or below in a calendar year:

• 60 – 1963
• 59 – 1968
• 55 – 1977
• 54 – 1976
• 53 – 1969

Least number of days with minimum temperature 32 degrees or below in a calendar year:

• 2 – 1921
• 3 – 1939
• 8 – 1933, 1946
• 9 – 1931
• 10 - 1874

 

Snow Facts (1895-2006)

 Top Five Snow Days

1. 3.8” – March 13th, 1993
2. 3.1” – February 9th, 1973
3. 3.0” – January 18th, 1977
4. 2.5” – January 17th, 1948
5. 2.0” – January 31st, 1977

Top Five Snow Events

1. 3.8” – March 13th, 1993
2. 3.1” – February 9th, 1973
3. 3.0” – January 18th, 1977, January 30 th-31st, 1977
4. 2.5” – January 17th, 1948

 

Earliest Snow

1”> December 18th, 1996

4”> Has not occurred.

 

Latest Snow

1”> March 13th, 1993

4”> Has not occurred.

 

Monthly Snow Normals and Max (Year)

Month	Normal Amount	Max/Year
January	0.2”	6.0” (1977)
February	0.0”	3.1 ” (1973)
March	0.1”	3.8” (1993)
April	0.0	0.8” (1987)
October	0.0	0.0"
November	0.0	0.0”
December	0.1”	1.5” (1996)
Annual	0.4”	6.0” (1976-1977 season)

 

White Christmas Data (December 20th-31st) – Bold is Christmas Day Snows

Measurable Snow

• 1.4” – December 22nd, 1935
• 1.0” – December 31st, 1963, December 22nd, 1993

Trace Amounts

• December 21st, 1935
• December 22nd, 1949
• December 21st, 1951
• December 25th, 1953
• December 24th, 1962
• December 31st, 1969
• December 20th, 1973
• December 29th, 1977
• December 26th, 1980
• December 27th, 1983
• December 23rd, 1989
• December 23rd, 1993