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United States › Alabama › Chilton County › Climate Station CLANTON 2 NE, AL US Distance 6.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Chilton County home comfortable runs roughly $450 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Chilton County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

89.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 34.2°F.

Chilton County gets 56.43" of precipitation a year, and 31% of it falls in Jan, Feb, Mar.

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 55.5° 34.2° 5.86"
February 60.1° 37.5° 5.53"
March 67.5° 43.8° 5.97"
April 74.5° 50.0° 5.20"
May 81.2° 58.6° 4.24"
June 87.0° 66.6° 4.46"
July 89.8° 69.8° 4.68"
August 89.3° 69.0° 3.81"
September 84.9° 63.0° 3.50"
October 75.6° 52.4° 3.58"
November 65.3° 41.3° 4.58"
December 57.3° 36.9° 5.02"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 31% falling in the wettest three months (Jan, Feb, Mar).

January 5.86"
February 5.53"
March 5.97"
April 5.20"
May 4.24"
June 4.46"
July 4.68"
August 3.81"
September 3.50"
October 3.58"
November 4.58"
December 5.02"
Annual total 56.43"

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 1,855
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 2,570
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.33¢/kWh, Alabama average $303
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $147

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 Chilton County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Chilton County?

Chilton County averages a high of 89.8°F in July and a low of 34.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 56.43 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Chilton County?

The wettest stretch is Jan, Feb, Mar, which accounts for 31% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Chilton County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 89.8°F. That drives 1,855 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Chilton County?

The weather station used for Chilton County, CLANTON 2 NE, 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 56.43 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 CLANTON 2 NE, AL US (USW00063891), 6.7 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.