FINAL UPDATE 11 AM TO ADD 15 ADDITIONAL REPORTS
Here we go with another long list of low temperatures this morning, Alabama, Regional and National.
(Many thanks to Jason Simpson for helping assemble these reports!)
ALABAMA
9 Russellville Airport
10 Cherokee, Haleyville Airport, Millport, Hamilton
11 Sardis Springs, Broomtown
12 Addison
13 Hazel Green, Cottondale, Courtland, Muscle Shoals/TVA
14 Hytop, Hanceville, Moulton, Camp Comfort, (North Fayette County) McCalla, Muscle Shoals Airport, Muscadine
15 Ragland Concord/Hueytown, Decatur, Scottsboro, Valley Head, Bankhead National Forest, Centerville, Dearmanville
16 Owens Crossroad, Russell Cave, Coker, Lizard Lope (south of Collinsville) Southside (adjacent to Gadsden) Moody, Fort Payne, Cullman/Airport, Sylacauga, Gaylesville, Heflin
17 Boaz, Bessemer, Crossville, Anniston, Huntsville, Ashland, Childersburg, Clay/Pinson (Womack Road)
18 Gadsden Airport, Tuscaloosa Airport, Birmingham Airport, Center point, Huffman, Pelham, Columbiana, Albertville, Rockford
19 Noccalula Falls, West Trussville (just west of downtown) Ellisville, Jackson Shoals
20 Thomasville, Guntersville
21 Shelby County Airport (home of NWS, Birmingham)
22 Alexander City, Bessie, Lafayette, Blue Pond, Cordova
24 Fairhope, Selma
25 Atmore, Mobile Regional Airport
26 Montgomery/Dannelly Field
27 Robertsdale, Auburn, Brookley Field/Mobile, Troy, Clayton
29 Dauphin Island, Florala, Evergreen
31 Gulf Shores Airport, Dothan
REGIONAL
8 Nashville
11 Memphis
3 Jackson, Tenn.
7 Shelbyville and Murfreesboro, Tenn.
16 Gatlinburg
8 atop Mt. Leconte
27 Atlanta
7 Oxford, Miss.,8 Greenwood, Miss.
15 Tupelo
14 Meridian
18 Jackson
10 Little Rock
5 Fort Smith, Ark.
1 Russellville, Ark. (a nice town NW of Little Rock on I-40)
5 below zero, Highfill, Ark.
USA EXTREMES
89 (very warm) yesterday, Fort Lauderdale
29 below this morning, Merrill, Wisc
29 below also Nome (unusual for Alaska and Lower 48 lows to be the same
RECORD FRIGID BITTER UNLAWFUL COLD
31 below zero in Oklahoma after this last snow, coldest ever in the state
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Do you think there has ever been a time that the Weather Bureau, later called National Weather Service used the word “blizzard” in a forecast, warning or special statement for the Birmingham area. (Don’t count the Blizzard of ’93)
Finally, if you see a TYPO, skip over it and keep reading!
