Daphne climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Daphne?

Daphne has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,445 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Daphne?

The hottest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1951, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Daphne?

The coldest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -9.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Daphne?

Almost never: Daphne sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Daphne warmed?

Yes: Daphne warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Daphne?

The wettest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1998, with 284 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Daphne?

The windiest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2004, with winds reaching 107.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Daphne?

The warmest month in Daphne is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Daphne?

Daphne receives on average 1,445 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Daphne?

Daphne gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Daphne (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,445 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Daphne averages 2 frost days, 33 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.

Daphne has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 30 August 1951) and the coldest -9.6 °C (on 21 January 1985).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

DaphneAlabama

coords: 30.60°, -87.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

22.5°C

Average daily low

18.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,445mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

21.9km/h

Seasonal range

15.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

2 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

33 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

127 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.5 cm

Average feels-like high

23.9 °C

Average feels-like low

18.2 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

173 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.17 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

36.0 °C

30 August 1951

Coldest day

-9.6 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

284 mm

28 September 1998

Windiest day

107.4 km/h

16 September 2004

Strongest gust

192.2 km/h

16 September 2004

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

26 August 2023

Coldest feels-like

-17.6 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

9.7 cm

9 February 1973

Sunniest day

13.9 h

21 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	33.3 °C28 July 2025	-4.0 °C22 January 2025	21.1 °C	1,302 mm	56	4
2024	34.5 °C19 August 2024	-1.9 °C17 January 2024	21.4 °C	1,638 mm	66	3
2023	35.2 °C26 August 2023	4.1 °C14 January 2023	21.5 °C	1,265 mm	68	0
2022	34.2 °C19 June 2022	-2.9 °C24 December 2022	20.6 °C	1,662 mm	27	3
2021	31.8 °C30 July 2021	-1.8 °C16 February 2021	20.6 °C	1,993 mm	18	1
2020	33.0 °C5 September 2020	1.6 °C21 January 2020	21.2 °C	1,868 mm	35	0
2019	33.3 °C6 September 2019	2.3 °C13 November 2019	21.2 °C	1,204 mm	58	0
2018	33.0 °C30 June 2018	-2.6 °C17 January 2018	21.0 °C	1,783 mm	37	4
2017	31.6 °C20 July 2017	-0.2 °C8 January 2017	21.3 °C	1,685 mm	22	1
2016	32.9 °C20 July 2016	2.2 °C24 January 2016	21.3 °C	1,396 mm	42	0
2015	33.6 °C29 July 2015	-2.2 °C8 January 2015	21.2 °C	1,586 mm	50	1
2014	33.6 °C24 August 2014	-3.5 °C7 January 2014	19.9 °C	1,579 mm	24	6
2013	31.5 °C14 June 2013	2.6 °C3 March 2013	20.3 °C	1,678 mm	13	0
2012	34.0 °C26 June 2012	0.8 °C12 February 2012	21.3 °C	1,428 mm	26	0
2011	34.3 °C26 August 2011	-1.0 °C13 January 2011	20.9 °C	1,194 mm	56	1
2010	33.7 °C1 August 2010	-2.8 °C9 January 2010	20.1 °C	1,495 mm	54	4
2009	33.1 °C23 June 2009	0.6 °C21 January 2009	20.6 °C	1,743 mm	29	0
2008	32.6 °C15 July 2008	-0.5 °C3 January 2008	20.5 °C	1,314 mm	23	1
2007	32.8 °C11 August 2007	0.2 °C16 February 2007	21.0 °C	1,140 mm	53	0
2006	32.5 °C23 June 2006	0.6 °C8 December 2006	21.0 °C	881 mm	55	0
2005	32.2 °C16 June 2005	0.2 °C23 January 2005	20.5 °C	1,729 mm	31	0
2004	33.1 °C24 July 2004	1.5 °C28 January 2004	20.5 °C	1,477 mm	29	0
2003	31.1 °C14 August 2003	-2.9 °C24 January 2003	20.2 °C	1,603 mm	5	1
2002	33.8 °C18 July 2002	0.1 °C4 March 2002	20.4 °C	1,674 mm	23	0
2001	31.6 °C9 July 2001	-0.9 °C2 January 2001	20.3 °C	1,243 mm	17	1
2000	35.1 °C19 August 2000	-1.2 °C20 December 2000	20.6 °C	1,094 mm	54	2
1999	34.2 °C3 August 1999	-1.7 °C5 January 1999	21.0 °C	990 mm	43	2
1998	34.2 °C6 July 1998	0.8 °C12 March 1998	21.0 °C	1,874 mm	40	0
1997	32.9 °C4 July 1997	-0.5 °C17 January 1997	20.0 °C	1,954 mm	34	1
1996	32.3 °C27 June 1996	-4.4 °C4 February 1996	19.9 °C	1,296 mm	28	7
1995	34.2 °C16 August 1995	0.8 °C10 December 1995	20.6 °C	1,684 mm	51	0
1994	31.1 °C16 June 1994	-1.0 °C19 January 1994	20.2 °C	1,457 mm	4	1
1993	32.6 °C31 July 1993	1.2 °C14 March 1993	20.1 °C	1,489 mm	31	0
1992	32.2 °C7 July 1992	2.0 °C16 January 1992	20.2 °C	1,783 mm	26	0
1991	32.1 °C29 June 1991	0.8 °C16 February 1991	20.7 °C	1,780 mm	31	0
1990	33.2 °C28 July 1990	1.6 °C25 December 1990	21.2 °C	960 mm	58	0
1989	32.8 °C27 August 1989	-8.3 °C23 December 1989	20.0 °C	1,499 mm	22	4
1988	31.3 °C28 June 1988	-0.7 °C7 February 1988	19.8 °C	1,563 mm	18	1
1987	32.9 °C12 July 1987	0.5 °C27 January 1987	20.1 °C	1,490 mm	42	0
1986	33.6 °C1 August 1986	-0.5 °C28 January 1986	20.6 °C	1,248 mm	42	1
1985	31.5 °C10 August 1985	-9.6 °C21 January 1985	20.2 °C	1,521 mm	15	5
1984	32.1 °C25 June 1984	-0.8 °C6 February 1984	19.9 °C	1,015 mm	18	3
1983	33.0 °C25 August 1983	-7.3 °C25 December 1983	19.4 °C	1,645 mm	34	4
1982	31.8 °C26 August 1982	-6.5 °C11 January 1982	20.5 °C	1,701 mm	28	5
1981	33.4 °C18 July 1981	-1.3 °C19 December 1981	20.2 °C	1,163 mm	39	3
1980	34.2 °C15 July 1980	-1.4 °C2 March 1980	20.2 °C	1,517 mm	36	4
1979	32.2 °C5 August 1979	-2.1 °C3 January 1979	19.8 °C	1,805 mm	24	4
1978	33.1 °C29 June 1978	-0.6 °C10 January 1978	19.9 °C	1,382 mm	38	5
1977	33.1 °C14 July 1977	-6.6 °C19 January 1977	20.0 °C	1,381 mm	33	4
1976	32.2 °C24 August 1976	-0.7 °C9 January 1976	19.5 °C	1,233 mm	24	1
1975	32.1 °C5 July 1975	-0.6 °C19 December 1975	20.4 °C	1,955 mm	14	1
1974	32.8 °C12 July 1974	1.1 °C26 February 1974	20.7 °C	1,025 mm	18	0
1973	32.9 °C21 August 1973	0.0 °C11 February 1973	20.5 °C	1,553 mm	36	0
1972	33.2 °C20 August 1972	-0.7 °C16 January 1972	20.8 °C	1,116 mm	55	1
1971	31.7 °C15 August 1971	-1.0 °C10 February 1971	20.4 °C	1,245 mm	22	3
1970	32.3 °C27 July 1970	-2.9 °C9 January 1970	19.8 °C	1,445 mm	40	6
1969	32.6 °C9 July 1969	-0.5 °C5 January 1969	19.7 °C	1,368 mm	31	1
1968	33.2 °C24 August 1968	-0.3 °C14 January 1968	19.6 °C	816 mm	36	1
1967	32.4 °C26 June 1967	0.7 °C26 February 1967	20.1 °C	1,123 mm	25	0
1966	33.0 °C8 July 1966	-6.7 °C30 January 1966	19.7 °C	1,388 mm	28	3
1965	33.6 °C20 July 1965	-2.0 °C17 January 1965	20.3 °C	1,225 mm	13	1
1964	33.5 °C31 August 1964	-1.6 °C14 January 1964	19.9 °C	1,446 mm	31	1
1963	32.2 °C1 September 1963	-6.5 °C24 January 1963	19.8 °C	1,032 mm	36	8
1962	33.7 °C10 July 1962	-7.4 °C11 January 1962	20.3 °C	966 mm	56	6
1961	32.4 °C5 September 1961	0.2 °C29 January 1961	20.0 °C	1,599 mm	21	0
1960	32.3 °C27 July 1960	-0.3 °C23 January 1960	19.7 °C	1,203 mm	32	2
1959	31.6 °C29 August 1959	0.2 °C5 January 1959	19.9 °C	2,015 mm	15	0
1958	32.7 °C12 August 1958	-1.2 °C18 February 1958	19.6 °C	1,364 mm	21	3
1957	33.1 °C10 July 1957	0.5 °C12 December 1957	20.6 °C	1,529 mm	34	0
1956	33.8 °C8 August 1956	3.3 °C14 January 1956	20.4 °C	1,615 mm	22	0
1955	33.1 °C22 August 1955	0.0 °C12 February 1955	20.4 °C	1,211 mm	27	0
1954	35.2 °C29 June 1954	2.4 °C8 February 1954	20.6 °C	820 mm	59	0
1953	33.0 °C18 June 1953	1.8 °C18 December 1953	20.7 °C	1,662 mm	35	0
1952	33.6 °C25 July 1952	1.2 °C15 December 1952	20.5 °C	1,148 mm	43	0
1951	36.0 °C30 August 1951	-5.4 °C2 February 1951	20.7 °C	1,192 mm	45	4
1950	31.9 °C14 August 1950	0.1 °C25 November 1950	20.7 °C	1,117 mm	20	0
1949	31.8 °C30 June 1949	2.0 °C1 February 1949	21.0 °C	1,899 mm	18	0
1948	31.6 °C23 July 1948	-2.3 °C18 January 1948	20.5 °C	2,084 mm	18	2
1947	34.5 °C5 August 1947	-0.4 °C10 February 1947	20.3 °C	1,935 mm	38	1
1946	32.1 °C11 July 1946	2.7 °C23 January 1946	20.7 °C	1,911 mm	23	0
1945	31.9 °C3 August 1945	-0.1 °C20 December 1945	20.7 °C	1,439 mm	15	1
1944	34.1 °C18 June 1944	3.4 °C12 December 1944	21.0 °C	1,493 mm	43	0
1943	33.7 °C16 August 1943	0.6 °C3 March 1943	20.3 °C	1,149 mm	50	0
1942	34.0 °C13 July 1942	-0.4 °C8 January 1942	20.3 °C	1,239 mm	38	2
1941	33.0 °C9 August 1941	3.4 °C9 February 1941	20.2 °C	1,182 mm	35	0
1940	31.8 °C1 September 1940	-4.0 °C27 January 1940	19.5 °C	1,692 mm	26	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

23.3 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

+23

Frost days (< 0 °C)

4 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1302 mm

-143 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	12.4 °C	-1.9 °C	97 mm	-40 mm
Feb	17.0 °C	+1.6 °C	128 mm	-6 mm
Mar	19.4 °C	+1.3 °C	153 mm	+5 mm
Apr	23.2 °C	+1.6 °C	82 mm	-24 mm
May	25.9 °C	+0.3 °C	204 mm	+112 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	97 mm	-10 mm
Jul	30.7 °C	+1.3 °C	133 mm	+0 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	+0.2 °C	144 mm	+15 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+1.7 °C	25 mm	-114 mm
Oct	25.5 °C	+1.2 °C	112 mm	+30 mm
Nov	20.3 °C	+0.9 °C	14 mm	-94 mm
Dec	16.1 °C	+0.1 °C	113 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.3 °C

28 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-4.0 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

51.8 mm

9 Mar 2025

Windiest day

51.7 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

84.6 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-10.2 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

7.3 cm

21 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.9 h

18 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Daphne?

Daphne has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,445 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Daphne?

The hottest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 1951, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Daphne?

The coldest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -9.6 °C.

Does it snow in Daphne?

Almost never: Daphne sees virtually no snow, with about 2 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Daphne warmed?

Yes: Daphne warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Daphne?

The wettest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 1998, with 284 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Daphne?

The windiest day measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2004, with winds reaching 107.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Daphne?

The warmest month in Daphne is July (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Daphne?

Daphne receives on average 1,445 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Daphne?

Daphne gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Daphne?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Daphne between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1973, with 9.7 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Daphne?

Yes: Daphne has on average 173 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Daphne?

In Daphne, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 26 August 2023, and the lowest was -17.6 °C on 21 January 1985.

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