Author: Ben Lang

Hot And Mainly Dry For The First Week Of Fall

After a hot and sunny weekend, the status quo continues Monday. Today is the autumnal equinox, marking the official start of fall. After another cool start to the day, temperatures quickly warm into the low to mid 90s this afternoon. The sky remains sunny to mostly sunny with no chance for rain. This evening looks fair with temperatures in the…

Feeling More Like Fall Through This Weekend

Finally, after days and days of mid-ninety, upper-ninety, and low to mid one-hundred degree heat, the air is finally cooler across central and south Alabama. Expect highs in the mid to upper 80s Thursday with a mix of sun and clouds. A stray showers is possible, mainly in southwest Alabama. However, virtually all of the area remains completely dry through…

One More Afternoon Of Record Heat

The summer heat just won’t back down across central and south Alabama. Montgomery hit 103° on Tuesday, breaking the old record of 102° from 1927. Wednesday’s record high temperature is 100° from 2010, and that is also in jeopardy today. Expect highs in the upper 90s to low 100s area-wide. The sky remains mostly sunny today, with perhaps a stray…

Sunny And Very Hot Early This Week; Humberto Getting Stronger

It was a very hot Sunday afternoon across central and south Alabama, with many locations reaching the mid 90s again. The area was virtually rain-free today, with a mostly sunny sky throughout the day. Temperatures remain quite warm this evening, hovering in the upper 80s at 7PM. Temperatures cool into the low 80s by 9PM, with upper 70s by 11PM….

Hot And Mainly Dry Sunday; Humberto Gaining Strength

It was another well-above-normal day of heat across central and south Alabama. Fortunately, temperatures were shy of the upper-ninety to low one-hundred degree readings of the last couple days. There were a few cooling showers and storms today, but they were few and far between. A few brief spotty showers could linger or develop this evening, but most of the…

The Hot And Relatively Dry Streak Continues

It was blazing hot across central and south Alabama this afternoon high temperatures soared into the upper 90s in many locations. We even had higher humidity today, with heat index temperatures creeping into the mid 100s at times. There were a few spotty showers and storms mainly along and north of highway 80 this afternoon. They’ll quickly fizzle away this…

Another Day of Potentially Record-Breaking Heat Ahead

It was another very hot day across central and south Alabama. High temperatures topped out in the mid to upper 90s, while Montgomery hit 100°. That sets a new outright record for today’s date, breaking the old record high of 99° from 2010. There wasn’t much rain to cool us off, with just brief and very isolated showers and storms….

Several More Very Hot September Afternoons Ahead

It was another very hot and humid September afternoon across central and south Alabama. Fortunately, we saw a greater supply of heat-busting showers and storms this afternoon. Unfortunately, some of these briefly turned severe, possibly producing wind gusts near 60 mph at times. There was at least one report of damage in Chilton county, where winds toppled a couple trees…

Sweltering September Heat Continues Early This Week

It was another very hot (and humid) day across central and south Alabama. Temperatures soared into the upper 90s in several locations, briefly touching 100° in the capital city. That ties the record high for today’s date in Montgomery, a record initially set in 1925. A heat advisory continues until 9PM for our central Alabama counties. A heat advisory continues…

Heat Advisory Continues Through Sunday Evening

It was a sweltering early September afternoon across central and south Alabama. Air temperatures rose into the mid and upper 90s, with heat indices easily exceeding 100°. The heat advisory continues until 7PM Sunday for southwest Alabama. Peak afternoon heat indices range between 108° and 112°. The heat advisory continues through 9PM Sunday for part of south-central Alabama. Heat index…