Warning: Do not plant in cold wet soil or you may experience poor germination! Soil Requirements: Requires fertile soil in a well drained location in the garden.
Winters are generally mild in Alabama, as they are throughout most of the southeastern United States, with average January low temperatures around 40 Â°F (4 Â°C) in Mobile, around 31 Â°F (â1 Â°C) in Huntsville, around 35 Â°F (2 Â°C) in Montgomery, and around 33 Â°F (1 Â°C) in Birmingham.
The warmest Alabama summer in this dataset was 1954, when the average daily high temperature was 95.72Â°. It was the 17th warmest summer in the Huntsville area, with an average daily high of 92.61Â°, compared to a seasonal average of 90.07Â°. It was the 35th warmest summer in Birmingham (91.36Â° compared to a summer norm of 90.12Â°), and the 38th warmest summer in Mobile (91.45Â° with a summer average of 90.76Â°). In general, Alabamaâs summers have been cooling, especially since 1954.