Not this December 12, mind you, because we are expecting a high of 64 today.
But 44 years ago today, 1962, the low was:
4 in Birmingham
7 in Tuscaloosa
Next morning, December 13, 1962 it was 1 above zero in Birmingham
The following December, one year later, it was bitter cold again. The temperature was below freezing on 25 days in December, 1963. That ties the record with January, 1978 and January, 1940