May
May · October · September
United States · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Alcoa: typically 26°C by day, 14°C at night, with 105 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · October · September
August · June · September
October · April · November
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 76 — days reach only 8.9°C, 15° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C | -0.9°C | 121 mm | 9.1 | 9 h 59 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 11.5°C | 0.8°C | 122 mm | 9.7 | 10 h 50 | 15 | Strong coverage |
| March | 16.2°C | 4.5°C | 124 mm | 10.6 | 11 h 51 | 36 | Strong coverage |
| April | 21.7°C | 9.1°C | 120 mm | 9 | 13 h 03 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 105 mm | 9.4 | 14 h 02 | 76 | Strong coverage |
| June | 29.7°C | 18.5°C | 108 mm | 9.8 | 14 h 34 | 59 | Strong coverage |
| July | 31.2°C | 20.6°C | 133 mm | 9.8 | 14 h 22 | 46 | Strong coverage |
| August | 30.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 mm | 8.1 | 13 h 31 | 56 | Strong coverage |
| September | 28°C | 16.4°C | 89 mm | 6.2 | 12 h 22 | 74 | Strong coverage |
| October | 22°C | 9.6°C | 71 mm | 6.4 | 11 h 13 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| November | 15.4°C | 3.5°C | 107 mm | 7.9 | 10 h 13 | 37 | Strong coverage |
| December | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 127 mm | 9.6 | 9 h 45 | 11 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C11 Jan 2020 | -31.1°C21 Jan 1985 | 96 mm15 Jan 1954 | 322 mm2013 · driest 24 mm in 1986 | 117 |
| February | 28.3°C23 Feb 1996 | -22.2°C5 Feb 1996 | 129 mm23 Feb 2019 | 332 mm2019 · driest 19 mm in 1968 | 117 |
| March | 31.1°C25 Mar 1929 | -17.2°C3 Mar 1980 | 146 mm27 Mar 1994 | 339 mm1917 · driest 18 mm in 1910 | 117 |
| April | 33.9°C24 Apr 1925 | -5.6°C1 Apr 1987 | 92 mm21 Apr 2006 | 281 mm1998 · driest 10 mm in 1976 | 117 |
| May | 35.6°C22 May 1941 | 0.0°C4 May 1986 | 85 mm30 May 1974 | 279 mm1974 · driest 18 mm in 1941 | 117 |
| June | 40.6°C30 Jun 2012 | 6.1°C3 Jun 1956 | 81 mm12 Jun 1929 | 301 mm1928 · driest 5 mm in 1944 | 117 |
| July | 40.6°C1 Jul 2012 | 9.4°C2 Jul 1988 | 156 mm16 Jul 1917 | 334 mm1917 · driest 9 mm in 1995 | 117 |
| August | 38.9°C23 Aug 2007 | 9.4°C31 Aug 1946 | 83 mm24 Aug 1959 | 288 mm1920 · driest 20 mm in 1954 | 116 |
| September | 39.4°C5 Sep 1954 | 2.2°C30 Sep 1967 | 139 mm5 Sep 2011 | 233 mm1989 · driest 1 mm in 2019 | 116 |
| October | 35.6°C3 Oct 2019 | -4.4°C30 Oct 1910 | 81 mm14 Oct 1925 | 242 mm1925 · driest 0 mm in 2000 | 116 |
| November | 29.4°C1 Nov 2016 | -15.0°C25 Nov 1950 | 124 mm30 Nov 2016 | 263 mm1948 · driest 12 mm in 1917 | 116 |
| December | 26.7°C4 Dec 1982 | -21.1°C25 Dec 1983 | 119 mm30 Dec 1969 | 296 mm1961 · driest 12 mm in 1965 | 116 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 1 |
| February | <1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| March | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | <1 |
| April | 9 | <1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| June | 28 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 30 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| August | 30 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| September | 24 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| October | 9 | <1 | <1 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | <1 |
| December | <1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | <1 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3% | 32% | 14% | 40% | 5.4–12.4°C |
| February | 6% | 34% | 14% | 43% | 7.6–14.5°C |
| March | 22% | 34% | 14% | 43% | 12.7–19.4°C |
| April | 48% | 30% | 12% | 36% | 19.4–23.6°C |
| May | 64% | 31% | 11% | 38% | 23.5–27.9°C |
| June | 69% | 31% | 12% | 38% | 27.7–31.7°C |
| July | 69% | 31% | 13% | 37% | 29.2–33.1°C |
| August | 74% | 27% | 10% | 29% | 28.9–32.7°C |
| September | 77% | 21% | 8% | 18% | 25.8–30.5°C |
| October | 59% | 20% | 8% | 19% | 19.6–24.0°C |
| November | 18% | 26% | 11% | 28% | 12.4–17.8°C |
| December | 3% | 30% | 13% | 38% | 7.1–13.0°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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