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Ariton, Alabama Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Troy, 33.3 km from Ariton

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 91°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 37°F. A normal year brings 52.8 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Enterprise (EDN), since 1966. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ariton through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
85°F
Normal low
64°F
Record high
95°Fin 1978
Record low
48°Fin 1990
Chance of a wet day
20%
Daylight
12 h 05 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January58°F37°F82°F (2022)-1°F (1985)4.54 in9.011.35422
February63°F41°F84°F (2022)10°F (1996)3.91 in8.07.33836
March70°F46°F89°F (2020)17°F (1980)4.83 in7.22.524629
April77°F53°F93°F (1987)30°F (1987)4.60 in6.50.19080
May84°F61°F100°F (2019)40°F (1971)3.54 in6.80.014245
June89°F69°F104°F (2011)49°F (1972)5.11 in9.30.00410
July91°F71°F104°F (1980)56°F (1967)5.33 in10.60.00491
August90°F71°F103°F (2000)59°F (1976)4.92 in9.30.00474
September87°F66°F103°F (2019)39°F (1967)3.91 in6.60.02345
October78°F56°F101°F (2019)32°F (1989)3.34 in5.10.070127
November68°F45°F90°F (2016)18°F (1970)3.80 in6.63.227920
December61°F40°F82°F (1978)6°F (1983)4.96 in9.08.94635
Year76°F55°F52.79 in94332,0872,234

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

52.8 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Ariton, in percent.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Troy. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 10 and the first fall freeze around November 21, a growing season of about 257 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 24, first November 9
Median at 32°F
last March 10, first November 21
Median at 28°F
last February 24, first December 7

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Ariton.

The muggiest month is July, when 94 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January42°F83%83%9%7%1%0%0%
February45°F83%76%13%10%1%0%0%
March51°F81%60%18%17%5%0%0%
April56°F78%41%20%25%13%1%0%
May63°F74%14%17%24%34%11%0%
June69°F73%2%5%15%31%45%2%
July71°F75%0%1%5%19%69%6%
August71°F75%0%2%7%23%62%6%
September66°F74%7%11%19%31%32%0%
October56°F72%42%16%20%15%6%0%
November47°F76%71%12%10%6%1%0%
December44°F82%80%10%8%2%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is October, with the sky 43 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 58 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is March, averaging 5.4 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 15, with 14 h 13 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 10 h 05 min.

Hours of daylight at Ariton through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Dale County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Dale County: 82.6°F (+2.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 10th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Dale County: 4.67 in (-0.26 in against 1991-2020), the 65th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Dale County: 69.1°F (+1.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 9th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Dale County: 37.26 in (-2.02 in against 1991-2020), the 59th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
84.6°F in 1954
Coolest August
77.4°F in 1967
Wettest August
16.20 in in 1939
Driest August
1.36 in in 2011

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Dale County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-3-2-10+1+2+31900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Alabama climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Ariton in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1966. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00018323 (Troy), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00012675, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.