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Birmingham, AL 33.565°N, 86.745°W · station BHMthr · 132 years of record
93°F
HOTTEST JUL 18 SINCE 2023
forecast high · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Birmingham.
86° MON 7/13 84° TUE 7/14 88° WED 7/15 90° THU 7/16 90° FRI 7/17 93° SAT 7/18 93° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks #42 / 131
warmest Jul 18 in 131 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 18 ever 105°F
set in 1980
Coolest Jul 18 ever 76°F
set in 2014
Hottest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 18 at Birmingham. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
76 90 105 1895: 96°F 1896: 87°F 1897: 91°F 1898: 88°F 1899: 94°F 1900: 90°F 1901: 87°F 1902: 97°F 1903: 95°F 1904: 92°F 1905: 91°F 1906: 79°F 1907: 89°F 1908: 95°F 1909: 88°F 1910: 81°F 1911: 83°F 1912: 81°F 1913: 98°F 1914: 90°F 1915: 91°F 1916: 86°F 1917: 87°F 1918: 82°F 1919: 84°F 1920: 84°F 1921: 92°F 1922: 87°F 1923: 81°F 1924: 94°F 1925: 92°F 1926: 93°F 1927: 89°F 1928: 84°F 1929: 88°F 1930: 92°F 1931: 93°F 1932: 99°F 1933: 80°F 1934: 95°F 1935: 91°F 1936: 89°F 1937: 91°F 1938: 89°F 1939: 98°F 1940: 87°F 1941: 91°F 1942: 93°F 1943: 94°F 1944: 99°F 1945: 94°F 1946: 86°F 1947: 80°F 1948: 91°F 1949: 87°F 1950: 91°F 1951: 97°F 1952: 94°F 1953: 89°F 1954: 94°F 1955: 90°F 1956: 95°F 1957: 89°F 1958: 93°F 1959: 89°F 1960: 89°F 1961: 88°F 1962: 95°F 1963: 89°F 1964: 88°F 1965: 92°F 1966: 92°F 1967: 85°F 1968: 86°F 1969: 93°F 1970: 94°F 1971: 92°F 1972: 91°F 1973: 86°F 1974: 90°F 1975: 86°F 1976: 86°F 1977: 92°F 1978: 92°F 1979: 87°F 1980: 105°F 1981: 96°F 1982: 86°F 1983: 91°F 1984: 88°F 1985: 94°F 1986: 95°F 1987: 91°F 1988: 95°F 1989: 89°F 1990: 88°F 1991: 90°F 1992: 89°F 1993: 99°F 1994: 90°F 1995: 99°F 1996: 93°F 1997: 93°F 1998: 93°F 1999: 91°F 2000: 97°F 2001: 91°F 2002: 92°F 2003: 90°F 2004: 84°F 2005: 92°F 2006: 98°F 2007: 88°F 2008: 91°F 2009: 83°F 2010: 93°F 2011: 90°F 2012: 92°F 2013: 89°F 2014: 76°F 2015: 98°F 2016: 92°F 2017: 92°F 2018: 94°F 2019: 92°F 2020: 94°F 2021: 87°F 2022: 91°F 2023: 95°F 2024: 92°F 2025: 88°F 93° forecast 1895 2025 1980 Forecast high · Jul 18 93°F Hottest this date since 2023 This-date record 105°F This-date rank #42 of 131
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 107°F (1930) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1895–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Birmingham in each calendar month, and for the whole 1895–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 81°F 1949 -6°F 1985 Feb 83°F 1918 -10°F 1899 Mar 90°F 1907 2°F 1993 Apr 92°F 1987 26°F 1973 May 99°F 1898 36°F 1971 Jun 106°F 1931 42°F 1966 Jul 107°F 1930 51°F 1967 Aug 105°F 2007 51°F 1946 Sep 106°F 1925 37°F 1967 Oct 101°F 2019 27°F 1910 Nov 88°F 2016 5°F 1950 Dec 80°F 1951 1°F 1962 All-time 107°F 1930 -10°F 1899
Records set or tied at Birmingham so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 5 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 50 days
record run, ended Aug 23 2010
So far in 2026 26 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Birmingham's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 91°F · forecast is +2° vs normal .
Jan: 54°F Jan: 34°F Feb: 59°F Feb: 38°F Mar: 67°F Mar: 44°F Apr: 75°F Apr: 52°F May: 82°F May: 60°F Jun: 88°F Jun: 68°F Jul: 91°F Jul: 72°F Aug: 91°F Aug: 71°F Sep: 86°F Sep: 65°F Oct: 76°F Oct: 53°F Nov: 65°F Nov: 43°F Dec: 57°F Dec: 37°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:46 AM Sunset 6:59 PM Solar noon 11:53 AM Daylight 14h 12m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 33.56°N, 86.75°W Birmingham's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Birmingham's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Birmingham, coloured by temperature — 132 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Birmingham — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
26 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 51st most in 132 years. Normal for this point: 23 . Record: 53 in 1962.
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