Alabama, 2022Excessive Heat and Heat in Alabama, July 3 to 9, 2022
July 3 to 9, 2022 · NWS HUN · 11 events in 8 counties and zones
Heat index values reached 105-109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures in the middle to upper 70s at times in urban areas. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s, reaching 100 at Huntsville on the 5th and 101 at Muscle Shoals on the 8th.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
Heat index values reached 105-109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures in the middle to upper 70s at times in urban areas. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s, reaching 100 at Huntsville on the 5th and 101 at Muscle Shoals on the 8th.
Heat, Colbert
- When
- July 3, 2:00 PM CST to July 7, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
Heat, Franklin
- When
- July 3, 2:00 PM CST to July 9, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- July 3, 2:00 PM CST to July 9, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
Heat, Limestone
- When
- July 3, 2:00 PM CST to July 9, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
Heat, Morgan
- When
- July 3, 2:00 PM CST to July 9, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- July 3, 2:00 PM CST to July 7, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
Heat, Madison
- When
- July 5, 2:00 PM CST to July 7, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s for most days, peaking at 100 degrees on the 5th at the Huntsville International Airport.
Heat, Cullman
- When
- July 5, 3:00 PM CST to July 9, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values peaked at 105 to 109 degrees on successive days with low temperatures around 75 degrees. High temperatures were in the middle to upper 90s.
Excessive Heat, Madison
- When
- July 7, 12:00 PM CST to July 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values reached up to 110 on the 7th and 111 on the 8th at the Huntsville International Airport. High temperatures were in the upper 90s.
Excessive Heat, Colbert
- When
- July 7, 1:00 PM CST to July 9, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values reached up to 110 on the 7th and 8th and up to 114 on the 9th in Muscle Shoals. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to around 100, peaking at 101 at Muscle Shoals on the 8th. Low temperatures were only in the middle 70s. Thunderstorms and showers in the area finally broke up the heat during the late afternoon of the 9th.
Excessive Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- July 7, 1:00 PM CST to July 9, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat index values reached up to 110 on the 7th and 8th and up to 114 on the 9th in Muscle Shoals. High temperatures were in the upper 90s to around 100, peaking at 101 at Muscle Shoals on the 8th. Low temperatures were only in the middle 70s. Thunderstorms and showers in the area finally broke up the heat during the late afternoon of the 9th.
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Nevada, July 3 to 8, 20227 deaths · 1 event
- Rip Current in North Carolina, July 3, 20221 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 20221 death · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 3, 2022$4.4 million · 1.5 in hail · 10 events
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, July 3 to 4, 2022$700,000 · EF1 · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 3 to 4, 2022$500,000 · 54 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 3, 2022$72,000 · 83 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Washington, July 3 to 4, 2022$31,000 · 1 in hail · 18 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3, 2022$4,000 · 1.5 in hail · 20 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 3 to 4, 20221.25 in hail · 17 events
- Flash Flood and Flood in Montana, July 3, 20221.75 in hail · 16 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 2022$18,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1038156, 1038158, 1038166, 1038167, 1038174, 1038199, 1038175, 1038169, 1038176, 1038172, 1038173.