DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – Our normal high temperature is up to 94°, the highest we see all year, before beginning to drop on July 29. By early September, our normal high is down to 90°.
But in 1925, temperatures peaked.
The heat wave in early September that year was the culmination of months of intense heat. On September 5, 1925, Centreville in Bibb County, Alabama, spiked to 112°. This still stands as the state record.
Birmingham was 106° on the 5th and 6th, part of a seven-day stretch where highs topped 100°. There was very little air conditioning back then, making the heat even more difficult to deal with…