Leighton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Leighton, Alabama: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Muscle Shoals Airport, 9 km from Leighton; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 54.2 in1378 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 22
- First fall freeze
- Nov 2
- Heating degree days
- 2,821
- Cooling degree days
- 2,095
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 18°−8° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Leighton in January
Highs average 52°11° and lows 34°1°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1932)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 684
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Leighton in February
Highs average 57°14° and lows 37°3°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2023)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 514
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Leighton in March
Highs average 65°18° and lows 44°6°, with 5.1 in131 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1929)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 347
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Leighton in April
Highs average 74°24° and lows 52°11°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1936)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 130
- Cooling degree days
- 68
Leighton in May
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1941)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 219
Leighton in June
Highs average 89°32° and lows 68°20°, with 5.1 in128 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1914)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1894)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 402
Leighton in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 71°22°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1930)
- Record low
- 49°9° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 512
Leighton in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 70°21°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1930)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 482
Leighton in September
Highs average 86°30° and lows 63°17°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1925)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 298
Leighton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 76°24° and lows 52°11°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2019)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 127
- Cooling degree days
- 84
Leighton in November
Highs average 64°18° and lows 41°5°, with 4.2 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2016)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 384
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Leighton in December
Highs average 55°13° and lows 36°2°, with 5.5 in139 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1933)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 605
- Cooling degree days
- 2