The Deep South Chill

Alabamians are used to the wacky weather in the summer, but a late spring chill is something to talk about. Reaching for the jacket heading out to Mother's day dinner is a bit unusual and we did break some records. Here's what happened…


A large, cold core upper low covered the Deep South in early May this year. The upper level low pressure system was responsible for the wet and unusually cold weather pattern across our area from May 4th through May 6th.

It all began with a surface front that pushed eastward across the State on Friday May 3rd. Check out some of these records recorded by the NWS!

Minimum High Temperature Records

Date       Location     High Temp Previous Record/Date

May 4th Birmingham 60, 60 (1967,1921)

May 5th Birmingham 59, 60 (1917)

       *Tuscaloosa      58, 68 (1960, 1957)

May 6th Birmingham 61, 61 (1992)

Montgomery            65, 65 (1992)

Anniston                  58, 62 (1992)



NWS: *Tuscaloosa also set a new all-time record minimum high temperature for the month of May with its high temperature reading of 58 degrees on May 5th. This broke the previous record of 61 set on 5/13/1971, 5/3/1970, 5/12/1960, and 5/6/1958.

Releases at Logan Martin Dam

 

Flooding at Logan Martin Lake

Image Credit: NWS
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