This is the weather map from February 13, 1899, one of the coldest mornings ever observed in the U.S.
An incredibly cold airmass made it all the way to the Gulf Coast. It was 7F in New Orleans and Pensacola. Mobile dropped to a numbing -1F. The reading of -2F at Tallahassee still is the state’s coldest reading ever. Many all time state record lows were observed during the cold wave.
Birmingham recorded its all time record low with a reading of -10F. J.B. Elliott has some more interesting Alabama observations and thoughts from that incredible morning. Just scan down for that…
Here is a closer look at some of the readings from the weather map from that morning:
Montgomery recorded -4F.
Zooming into the Southeast shows the 0F isotherm well into South Central Alabama.
