Heavy Snow in Alabama

Events

299

Deaths

3

Injuries

2

Damage

$300

• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 12, 20102 deaths · 1 injured · 33 eventsA low pressure system moving across the northern Gulf of Mexico brought a swath of snow to a large portion of Central Alabama.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, December 9 to 11, 2008$505,000 · EF2 · 24 eventsA developing strong storm system across the Southeastern United States caused several severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall. Cold air surging in on the back side of the storm system caused the rain to turn over to snow, some of which became heavy.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 21, 20251 death · 16 eventsA historic snowstorm transformed the northern Gulf Coast into a winter wonderland on January 21, 2025.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Alabama, February 11 to 13, 201425 eventsA strong arctic air mass pushed southward across much of the southeastern United States on Monday, February 10, behind a strong cold front, and temperatures struggled to warm into the lower 30s Monday afternoon across north Central Alabama.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 9 to 10, 201123 eventsA low pressure system formed off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico during the overnight hours of Tuesday, February 8th.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, January 19, 200821 eventsA winter storm brought a swath of heavy snow to parts of central Alabama during the morning hours of January 19. The main band of snow accumulation was roughly bounded on the north side by Interstate 20, and on the south side by Interstate 85.
• Flooding and Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 14 to 20, 201319 eventsA cold front moved into Central Alabama during the evening hours on Sunday, January 13, and stalled across southeastern portions of the area.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 14 to 16, 20241 injured · 11 eventsAn impactful winter storm occurred after the passage of an Arctic cold front on the 14th and an upper level disturbance and jet streak tracked east-northeast through the mid South and Tennessee Valley the evening of the 14th into the 15th.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, March 1, 200918 eventsA late winter storm system, that had caused some severe thunderstorms the previous day, ended with a heavy snow event for portions of central Alabama.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, January 17, 201314 eventsA strong upper level storm system moved northeast through the Tennessee valley region, with heavy snowfall and sleet reported in portions of north Alabama. Snowfall amounts ranged from up to an inch in northwest Alabama, to three to four inches in north central Alabama.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, February 25, 201514 eventsOn Wednesday, February 25, 2015, many Alabamians across the northern one-third of Alabama experienced a significant snowstorm.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, December 8 to 9, 201714 eventsAn extremely rare early season snow event occurred across the central Gulf coast late in the day on the 8th into the morning of the 9th.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, March 20, 200112 eventsThe first day of spring brought a mixed bag of precipitation to Alabama. An upper level low pressure system caused a steady heavy rain to fall late on the 19th and into the morning of the 20th. Most locations received 2 to 4 inches of rainfall during the overnight hours.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, December 25, 201012 eventsA surface low in the northern Gulf of Mexico along with an upper level disturbance moving southeastward from the Great Plains contributed to heavy snowfall on Christmas Day in Alabama, resulting in the first White Christmas for much of the area.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 2, 200211 eventsA January snow storm brought 2 to 4 inches of snow to an area of Alabama running roughly along a line from Hayneville to Montgomery to Tuskegee to Opelika.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, December 25, 201011 eventsA low pressure system tracked east across the northern Gulf of Mexico producing a swath of snow across the Tennessee Valley on Christmas Day 2010. For Huntsville, this event resulted in a record snowfall for December 25th, and was the second White Christmas on record.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 9 to 10, 201111 eventsA winter storm moved southeast from the southern Plains states during the morning and afternoon of the 9th. Although the storm weakened considerably as it approached north Alabama, a period of accumulating snow occurred behind the passage of an associated cold front.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 9 to 10, 2011$300 · 11 eventsA low developed in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico early on the 9th and tracked east along the Gulf Coast late on the 9th into early on the 10th.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 12 to 13, 201411 eventsA low pressure system developed in the northern Gulf of Mexico which tracked northeast through Georgia and eventually up the East Coast. The system produced rain, which changed to sleet and then a heavy wet snow during the late afternoon and evening of the 12th.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, February 11, 201411 eventsBands of snow developed across north Alabama during the early morning hours of the 11th as an upper level disturbance tracked eastward. Snow accumulated to 1 to 2 inches in counties along the Tennessee state line.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, March 11 to 12, 202211 eventsAfter temperatures reached the upper 60s to around 70, a strong cold front arrived during the evening hours of the 11th dropping temperatures sharply by 20 to 30 degrees and into the 20s in just a few hours.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 9 to 10, 202511 eventsA low pressure system moved northeast from the northwest Gulf of America on the 9th and through southeast Louisiana into south Alabama by the 10th. Moisture surging north as the low developed produced widespread wintry precipitation across the mid South and Tennessee Valley.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alabama, January 21, 202511 eventsA large trough brought a cold, dry airmass to much of the southern United States January 18 and 19, which lingered for several days with sub-freezing temperatures as far south as the Gulf Coast.
• Heavy Snow in Alabama, December 14, 199710 eventsA strong low pressure system brought heavy snow to west-central Alabama, with accumulations up to five inches. It began in the western counties around 900 a.m. and moved through the central counties around noon. It finally began to tapper off around 230 p.m.
• Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Alabama, January 21 to 22, 202510 eventsA historic winter storm affected the tri-state area during mid January. A shortwave embedded within a larger 500mb trough dove south over Utah before sharpening and moving over the Four Corners region on the 20th.

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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.