Heat, Madison
- When
- May 26, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Alabama, May 26, 1996
A new record high temperature of 95 was set at Tuscaloosa while the record high of 94 was tied at Huntsville.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
A new record high temperature of 95 was set at Tuscaloosa while the record high of 94 was tied at Huntsville.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Tuscaloosa
- When
- May 26, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 33.290, -87.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 26, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 26 to 27, 1996
- Tornadoes in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, May 26 to 31, 1996
- Tornadoes in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, May 26, 1996
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 26, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, May 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5554627, 5554628.