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United States › Alabama › Lee County › Climate Station AUBURN NO.2, AL US Distance 6.5 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Lee County home comfortable runs roughly $451 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Lee County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

89.2°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 35.3°F.

Lee County gets 56.49" of precipitation a year and 0.7" of snow, and 29% 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 PrecipSnow
January 56.1° 35.3° 5.31" 0.3"
February 60.9° 38.9° 5.14" 0.2"
March 67.7° 45.0° 5.74" 0.2"
April 74.7° 51.3° 4.79" 0.0"
May 81.4° 60.1° 3.95" 0.0"
June 86.6° 67.7° 5.74" 0.0"
July 89.2° 70.8° 4.83" 0.0"
August 88.2° 70.5° 4.31" 0.0"
September 83.5° 65.5° 3.49" 0.0"
October 74.5° 54.4° 3.38" 0.0"
November 64.8° 43.2° 4.20" 0.0"
December 57.6° 37.6° 5.61" 0.0"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 29% falling in the wettest three months (Jan, Feb, Mar).

January 5.31"
February 5.14"
March 5.74"
April 4.79"
May 3.95"
June 5.74"
July 4.83"
August 4.31"
September 3.49"
October 3.38"
November 4.20"
December 5.61"
Annual total 56.49"

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 1,916
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 2,414
Approximate annual cooling cost At 16.33¢/kWh, Alabama average $313
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $138

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 Lee County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Lee County?

Lee County averages a high of 89.2°F in July and a low of 35.3°F in January. Annual precipitation is 56.49 inches, including 0.7 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Lee County?

The wettest stretch is Jan, Feb, Mar, which accounts for 29% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Lee County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 89.2°F. That drives 1,916 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Lee County?

Yes. Lee County averages 0.7 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station AUBURN NO.2, AL US (USC00010425), 6.5 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.