COOL WEATHER NOTES---Updated 11:15 am

You will never hear me complain about the current cool weather in Alabama. Perfect short-sleeved weather for me!

But May so far is running 10 degrees cooler than normal. There was even a little scattered light frost in NE Alabama this morning. Here are some lows:

35 at Valley Head and Black Creek (See note at the end of this list)
36 at Fort Payne Airport
37 at Cullman, Hartselle and Shoal Creek (Cleburne County)
38 in Pinson, Grove Oak and Hytop
39 at Gadsden Airport, Leeds and Meridianville
40 in Hazel Green
41 at Anniston, Decatur, Moulton, DeSoto State Park and Athens Water Plant
42 in Albertville
43 at Huntsville Airport, Muscle Shoals and Birmingham Airport
44 in Tuscaloosa
46 in Auburn and on Monte Sano, Huntsville (elevation 1654 feet)
47 at Shelby County Airport, Montgomery, Selma, Trussville (at elevation of 935 feet) Mentone (at elevation of 1841 feet and atop M. Cheaha
49 in Evergreen
54 in Mobile

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

.....Vic Bell, 3340 Weather Watcher for Black Creek, reports low of 35 this morning with scattered light frost. For the last 11 days, the average low has been 39.5 degrees, almost 14 degrees below normal!

.....This was one of those mornings when the colder temperatures were in the valleys due to overnight cold air drainage. Note that it was 6 degrees warmer atop Mt. Cheaha, Alabama's highest point than it was down in the valley at Oxford (Anniston Airport)

.....In Dekalb County it was 12 degrees colder down in the valley at Valley Head than it was on nearby Lookout Mountain at Mentone (ele. 1841 feet)

.....And, in the Huntsville area, it was 43 at Huntsville Airport, 39 at Alabama A+M University but a milder 46 on Monte Sano at an elevation of 1654 feet.

.....How is this for a quick recovery? At Williston, in NW North Dakota there was a record low of 10 above yesterday morning. Today, they are expecting a high of 74--a warmup of 64 degrees in about 38 hours!

.....At Vostok, Antarctica, it was 96 below zero today, 8 degrees "warmer" than yesterday's 104 below. Be thankful for small favors!

Life goes on...