Freezing Fog in Alabama
Every freezing fog event the National Weather Service has filed in Alabama, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Fog that froze on contact with roads, vehicles or structures.
The most significant on the map
The most significant freezing fog episodes in Alabama.
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- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 20
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Freezing Fog in Alabama, December 11, 2018Freezing fog, some dense developed over much of the Tennessee Valley. Visibility was reduced to 1/4 mile or less in many locations. Hoar frost developed in some of these locations, including some road surfaces.
- Frost and Freeze and Freezing Fog in Alabama, March 14 to 15, 2023Temperatures fell into the middle 20s to around 30 degrees during the morning of the 15th.
- Freezing Fog in Alabama, January 16, 2015Patchy valley freezing fog, some dense reducing visiblity to 1/4 mile or less, occurred during the early to mid morning hours of the 16th.
- Freezing Fog in Alabama, January 11 to 12, 2009Below freezing temperatures and patchy dense fog produced locally hazardous driving conditions on bridges and overpasses.
- Freezing Fog in Alabama, December 22, 2009Freezing fog developed during the early morning hours resulting in heavy frost formation and black ice on elevated road surfaces, bridges and overpasses in the Huntsville area. Twenty five traffic accidents occurred as motorists encountered these icy conditions.
- Freezing Fog in Alabama, December 22, 2018Freezing fog developed and became widespread across Cullman County from around 6 AM to 10 AM LST. Visibility was reduced to 1/4 mile and less as reported by local law enforcement and the Vinemont (KCMD) AWOS.
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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.