Alabama snow

Will it snow in Alabama in 2027?

North Alabama has real odds. The coast is usually a no, until it isn't.

The 30-year average

Huntsville: 2.4 inches a year

Mobile, on the coast, averages just 0.2. Twelve times less snow, on paper.

January 2026

Winter Storm Fern hit Alabama twice over

Ice forced a 19-county emergency in the north. An EF2 tornado hit the south.

January 2025

Then Mobile broke a 130-year record

7.5 inches, beating the 6 inches set in 1895. On the coast, not the hills.

Winter 2026-27

NOAA leans wetter, not snowier

A strong El Nino favors more precipitation. Snow depends on cold air, not odds.

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