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Montgomery Cold Weather Facts

Freeze Facts (1895 – 2010)

Freeze Facts

• Earliest last freeze – There was no spring freeze in 1921
• 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 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 (1872 -2010):

• 18 days – January 15th, 1940 – February 1st, 1940
• 16 days – February 7th, 1958 – February 22nd, 1958
• 15 days - January 1st, 2010 - January 15th 2010
• 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 (1900-2009):

• 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, 2008	1 day – 1923, 1940,1950, 2000, 2009

 

Normal number of days with a minimum temperature of 32 degrees or below per month (1872 - 2009):  

• January – 9.9
• February – 5.9
• March – 2.0
• April – 0.1
• October – 0.2
• November – 3.1
• December – 8.2
• Annual – 29.3

At or Below Zero Degrees Readings (1872 - 2009):

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

Most number of days with minimum temperature 32 degrees or below in a calendar year (1900 - 2009):

• 60 – 1963
• 59 – 1968
• 57 -- 2008
• 55 -- 2009
• 55 – 1977
• 54 – 1976
• 53 – 1969

Least number of days with minimum temperature 32 degrees or below in a calendar year (1900 - 2009):

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

 

Snow Facts (1872-2010)

 Top Five Snow Days

1. 3.8” – March 13th, 1993
2. 3.5" -- February 12th, 2010
3. 3.1” – February 9th, 1973
4. 3.0” – January 18th, 1977
5. 2.5” – January 17th, 1948

Top Five Snow Events

1. 3.8” – March 13th, 1993
2. 3.5" -- February 12th, 2010
3. 3.1” – February 9th, 1973
4. 3.0” – January 18th, 1977, January 30 th-31st, 1977

 

Earliest Snow

<1" December 11th, 1940

1”> December 18th, 1996

4”> Has not occurred.

 

Latest Snow

<1" April 3rd, 1987

1”> March 13th, 1993

4”> Has not occurred.

 

Monthly Snow Normals and Max (Year) (1872 - 2010)

Month	Normal Amount	Max/Year
January	0.2”	6.0” (1977)
February	0.1”	4.8” (1993)
March	0.2”	3.5” (2010)
April	0.0	3.1” (1973)
October	0.0	2.5" (1948)
November	0.0	2.0” (1935)
December	0.0”	1.9” (2002)
Annual	0.5”	6.0” (1976-1977 season)

 

White Christmas Data (December 22nd-27th) – Bold is Christmas Day Snows

Measurable Snow

• 1.4” – December 22nd, 1935  

Trace Amounts

• December 22nd, 1949
• December 25th, 1953
• December 24th, 1962
• December 26th, 1980
• December 27th, 1983
• December 23rd, 1989
• December 23rd, 1993