UPDATED AT MIDDAY FOR ADDITIONAL REPORTS AND NOTES
Another cold morning in Alabama but there was a wide variation in temperature due to a marked temperature inversion. See notes at the end of this list.
21 Muscadine
22 Black Creek, DeSoto State park, Cottondale, Black Creek
23 Sycamore, Munford, Fort Payne, Crossville
24 Owens Crossroads
25 Hanceville, Concord/Hueytown, Ashville (only 21 inches of rain all year in Ashville)
26 Highland Home, Pinson, Ashland, McCalla, Hamilton, Alabaster/Navajo Pines
27 Blackwater/Macedonia, Decatur, Anniston, Tuscaloosa, Scottsboro, Helena*
28 Russellville, Huntsville, Cullman Airport, Montgomery, Troy, Oxford
29 Brewton, Muscle Shoals, Shelby County Airport, Evergreen, Muscle Shoals, Vinemont, Waterloo
30 Union Grove, Bankhead National Forest, Meridianville, Auburn, Birmingham Airport
31 Selma, Cullman Skycam
32 Albertville, Dothan, Selma Skycam
33 Atmore, Guntersville, Downtown Winfield
34 Downtown Florence, Demopolis Skycam
35 Fairhope, Verbena
36 Bay Minette, Clay, Montgomery Skycam, Mobile Regional Airport
37 Hamilton Skycam
38 Mt. Cheaha Skycam
40 Downtown Birmingham Skycam
49 Dauphin Island
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
13 atop Mt.Leconte
17 on Newfound Gap
24 Gatlinburg
25 Cades Cove
USA COLDEST
13 Alamosa and Kremmling, Colorado
8 below zero Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS
Only 38 atop Mt. Cheaha this morning. Compare that with Munford where it was 15 degrees colder at 23. That is not that far away.
Downtown Birmingham Skycam 40, while Pinson, about 15 air miles to the NE had 26. Elevation is the key.
* Brian Peters reports 27 in Helena, two degrees colder than yesterday. He also points out that Mt. Cheaha may have escaped freezing temperatures both mornings. It was 38 at the Çheaha Skycam this morning. Brian was camping atop Mt. Cheaha yesterday morning and reported a low of 33.
