This was clearly our (coolest) (coldest) morning so far this season. Here we go with a list of low temperatures from all available sources.
EARLY AFTERNOON UPDATE TO ADD MORE REPORTS
28 at Chulafinnee* (Cleburne County)
29 Muscadine
32 Pelham (valley location)
33 Odenville, Owens Crossroads, Cottondale
34 Pinson (NWS coop), Rainbow City (hot chocolate flowing in RBC)
35 Noccalula Falls, Decatur, DeSoto State Park, Concord/Hueytown line, Cullman Agricultural Station
36 Black Creek, Scottsboro, Meridianville, Pinson, East Trussville (Jay Shelley, NWS retired)
37 Munford, Collinsville, Albertville, Bankhead National Forest, Fort Payne Airport
38 Moulton, Tuscaloosa, Muscle Shoals
39 Moody, Union Grove
40 Crossville, Huntsville Airport
41 Guntersville, Highland Home, Anniston Airport, Cullman Airport
42 Greystone Farms, east side of Oak Mountain, elevation 980 feet
43 Clay, Oxford, Shelby County Airport, Mt. Cheaha Skycam
45 Birmingham Airport, Thomasville
46 Montgomery, Troy
47 Selma
50 Dothan, Evergreen
56 Mobile Regional Airport
* The 28 low at Chulafinnee in Cleburne County is from a regular 33/40 viewer. That small community is located along U.S 431 on the SE slopes of the Horseblock Mountain Ridge.
Frost was reported in a number of locations, especially the valleys. A late report from Jamey Mays also indicates scattered frost in Winfield, Marion County.
TEMPERATURE CONTRASTS
The low in Clay (NE Jefferson County) this morning was 43 while only about 2.5 air miles away it was 36 in NE Trussville. Wally Coker, the Clay observer, is located at a higher elevation off Deerfoot Parkway while I am located down in the
U.S. 11 valley in the NE edge of Trussville Frost on all cars this morning and a small amount on roofs. There was a similar contrast in East Alabama. The 33/40 skywatcher for Oxford reported 43 while not far to the south, Jon Pace, News Director for WTDR-FM, Anniston, reported frost in Munford. We all know this is not a one number part of the country on mornings like this because of the varied elevations.
NATIONAL LOW AND OTHERS
21 Jefferson, N.C. (coldest in the lower 48)
22 Crossnore, Avery County, N.C., near Banner Elk
23 Deer Park, Wash., Boone, N.C.
25 Spruce Pine, N.C.
