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Muscle Shoals, AL

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
31.38in
year to date · normal 34.75"
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rain ahead · next 3 days
0.79" of rain forecast
the 3-day record here is 11.97"
0.79in

Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 128 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
3.38in
38th wettest of 125 yrs
139% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
12.44in
52nd wettest of 129 yrs
110% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
31.38in
42nd driest of 130 yrs
90% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

6.01in
on Mar 15, 2025 · in 134 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 40 days (to Oct 10, 1897)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 16 days

Year to Date vs Normal

90%
31.38" of a normal 34.75" · wettest 62.31" (1939) · driest 18.17" (1914)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 121-year record (1895–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 52.33" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1197578.78in
2199177.17in
3193276.21in
4199472.03in
5202071.16in

Driest Years on Record

1194330.92in
2194131.15in
3200737.31in
4194238.58in
5198739.18in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Mar (~5.12") and driest in Oct (~2.33"). Wettest calendar month ever: Dec 1990, 19.19".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Muscle Shoals — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

2.38in
set in 2007

Rain on Aug 24

23%
of 128 years had measurable rain
1893: 0.15″1894: 0.10″1895: 0.00″1896: 0.24″1897: 0.00″1898: 0.00″1899: 0.00″1900: 0.00″1902: 0.00″1903: 0.00″1904: 0.00″1905: 0.30″1906: 0.00″1907: 0.17″1908: 0.07″1909: 0.00″1910: 0.16″1911: 0.00″1912: 0.00″1913: 0.00″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.33″1916: 0.20″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.78″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.00″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.72″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.05″1941: 0.03″1942: 0.00″1943: 0.00″1945: 0.00″1946: 0.00″1947: 2.19″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.00″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.41″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.90″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.25″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.01″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.03″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 1.97″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.38″1986: 0.25″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.24″1993: 0.39″1994: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.00″1999: 0.03″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.02″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.27″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.00″2007: 2.38″2008: 0.62″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.00″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.00″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.00″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″2″3″190019101930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Muscle Shoals's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Muscle Shoals, AL — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Muscle Shoals's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Muscle Shoals, AL — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:18 AM
Sunset6:26 PM
Solar noon11:52 AM
Daylight13h 08m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.74°N, 87.60°W

Nearby Stations

Huntsville, AL46 mi ETupelo, MS74 mi WBirmingham, AL95 mi SENashville, TN107 mi NEMemphis, TN136 mi WChattanooga, TN137 mi E

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