Alabama, 2000

Heat in Alabama, August 29, 2000

August 29, 2000 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Monroe

When
August 29, 1:48 PM CST
Where
Monroe forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
31.571, -87.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

At 248 pm, the temperature at the Mobile Regional Airport hit 105 degrees. This was the highest temperature ever observed in Mobile. This 105 degree temperature was also the eighth time during the Summer of 2000 that the high temperature in Mobile rose to 100 degrees or higher. This broke the previous record of seven 100 degree or greater days set back in the Summer of 1954. Three of the eight 100 degree or greater days this summer occurred in the month of August.

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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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: 5170657.