Heat in Alabama, July 1 to 31, 2000

Name: Heat in Alabama, July 1 to 31, 2000
Start: 2000-07-01T00:01
End: 2000-07-31T23:59
Location: Alabama

July 1 to 31, 2000 · NWS MOB · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

July was hot and dry across most of south Alabama. The temperature was 100 degrees or higher five days during the month in Mobile.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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 MOB wrote it up.

July was hot and dry across most of south Alabama. The temperature was 100 degrees or higher five days during the month in Mobile. The average temperature for the month in Mobile was 84.3 degrees which was the eighth warmest July for the area. The highest temperature in Mobile during the month was 102 degrees. Other locations were also hot. In Andalusia the temperature was 100 degrees or higher eleven days during the month with the hottest being 103 degrees. In Butler the temperature was 100 degrees or higher also eleven days during the month with the hottest being 104 degrees. In Camden the temperature was 100 degrees or higher thirteen days during the month with the hottest being 105 degrees. In Chatom the temperature was 100 degrees or higher nine days during the month with the hottest being 106 degrees. In Greenville the temperature was 100 degrees or higher ten days during the month with the hottest being 104 degrees. In Highland Home the temperature was 100 degrees or higher five days during the month with the hottest being 103 degrees. In addition to being a hot month, it was also dry. In the Mobile area the monthly rainfall was almost three inches below the normal for July. So far this year the Mobile area is almost sixteen inches below normal.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

15 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Butler

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.752, -86.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Choctaw

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Choctaw forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 32.020, -88.263 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Clarke

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Clarke forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.677, -87.831 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Conecuh

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Conecuh forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.429, -86.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Covington

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Covington forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.249, -86.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Crenshaw

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Crenshaw forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.732, -86.314 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Escambia

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Escambia forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.126, -87.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lower Baldwin

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lower Baldwin forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Heat, Lower Mobile

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lower Mobile forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Heat, Marengo

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Marengo forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 32.248, -87.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Monroe

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.571, -87.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Upper Baldwin

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Upper Baldwin forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Heat, Upper Mobile

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Upper Mobile forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Heat, Washington

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.408, -88.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Wilcox

When: July 1, 12:01 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wilcox forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 31.989, -87.308 (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

Every storm in Alabama in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, July 2000

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: 5163330, 5163331, 5163332, 5163333, 5163334, 5163335, 5163336, 5163337, 5163338, 5163339, 5163616, 5163617, 5163618, 5163619, 5163620.