Alabama, 2004

Heat in Alabama, November 1, 2004

November 1, 2004 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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, Montgomery

When
November 1, 2:00 PM CST
Where
Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
32.220, -86.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The afternoon high temperature measured at Dannelly Field was 87 degrees. This reading breaks the previous record high temperature of 86 degrees which was set in 2000. The high temperature of 87 degrees also ties the highest temperature ever recorded in November since records began in 1873. The 87 degree temperature also occurred on November 5th, 1975 and November 8th, 1986.

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

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Every storm in Alabama in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, November 2004

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: 5425408.