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This weather has a price Keeping the median Butler County home comfortable runs roughly $498 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Butler County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

92.4°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 36.9°F.

Butler County gets 55.24" of precipitation a year, and 29% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 59.4° 36.9° 4.70"
February 64.2° 40.9° 4.72"
March 71.1° 46.7° 5.17"
April 78.0° 52.6° 4.65"
May 85.6° 61.0° 2.63"
June 90.0° 68.7° 5.52"
July 91.8° 71.3° 4.68"
August 92.4° 71.2° 6.00"
September 87.9° 66.5° 3.91"
October 79.2° 54.9° 3.65"
November 69.3° 44.7° 4.29"
December 61.7° 39.4° 5.32"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 29% falling in the wettest three months (Jun, Jul, Aug).

January 4.70"
February 4.72"
March 5.17"
April 4.65"
May 2.63"
June 5.52"
July 4.68"
August 6.00"
September 3.91"
October 3.65"
November 4.29"
December 5.32"
Annual total 55.24"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 2,364
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 1,952
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.33¢/kWh, Alabama average $386
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $112

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Butler County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Butler County?

Butler County averages a high of 92.4°F in August and a low of 36.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 55.24 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Butler County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 29% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Butler County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 92.4°F. That drives 2,364 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Butler County?

The weather station used for Butler County, GREENVILLE CRENSHAW AP, AL US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 55.24 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station GREENVILLE CRENSHAW AP, AL US (USW00063874), 7.7 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Alabama residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.