Event narrative (NOAA)
Heat index values of 105 to 110 degrees were observed during the afternoon hours of the 10th, 11th, and 12th, preceded by morning low temperatures of 75 to 80 degrees each morning, especially in urban areas. A 42-year old male died on the 13th resulting from a heat stroke suffered on the 11th while working on his farm in Town Creek.
Other notable heat events in Alabama
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.