Redstone Arsenal weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Huntsville Intnl Airport, 12 km from Redstone Arsenal; records cover 1907–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 54.3 in1379 mm
- Snow a year
- 2.4 in6.1 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 27
- First fall freeze
- Nov 4
- Heating degree days
- 2,831
- Cooling degree days
- 2,107
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 17°−8° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Redstone Arsenal in January
Highs average 52°11° and lows 33°1°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1952)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 692
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Redstone Arsenal in February
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 5.1 in130 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1996)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 513
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Redstone Arsenal in March
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1907)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 349
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Redstone Arsenal in April
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°11°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1925)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 132
- Cooling degree days
- 69
Redstone Arsenal in May
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°16°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1914)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 220
Redstone Arsenal in June
Highs average 89°32° and lows 68°20°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1931)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 407
Redstone Arsenal in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 71°22°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1930)
- Record low
- 49°9° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 505
Redstone Arsenal in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 70°21°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1930)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 480
Redstone Arsenal in September
Highs average 87°30° and lows 63°17°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1925)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 306
Redstone Arsenal in OctoberThis month
Highs average 76°24° and lows 52°11°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2019)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 122
- Cooling degree days
- 88
Redstone Arsenal in November
Highs average 64°18° and lows 41°5°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2016)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 383
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Redstone Arsenal in December
Highs average 55°13° and lows 36°2°, with 5.9 in149 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1956)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 609
- Cooling degree days
- 3