Fort Payne (AL) Temperature by Month
Fort Payne, Alabama, United States of America has an average annual maximum temperature of 22°C (72°F), ranging from 10°C (50°F) in January to 31°C (88°F) in August. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Fort Payne Monthly Temperatures
In Fort Payne, temperatures can shift dramatically between very warm in summer and cold in winter. Nights follow the same pattern, with lows ranging from 19°C (66°F) in August to -2°C (28°F) in January.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Fort Payne by month:
Low temperatures are most often recorded between 4 AM and 6 AM, while highs typically occur around 3 PM.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Fort Payne vs the United States of America
The map below shows the annual temperature across the United States of America. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Fort Payne vs World: Temperature Compared
Fort Payne's average annual maximum temperature is 22°C (72°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Rome, Italy averages 20°C (68°F) annually, with reliably warm summers and comfortable winters.
Glasgow, Scotland averages 13°C (55°F) a year — mild but often grey, with cold winters and rarely hot summers.
San Francisco, USA averages 19°C (66°F) annually, but with little seasonal variation — summers are often cool and foggy, winters mild.
Tokyo, Japan averages 21°C (70°F) a year, with hot summers, cool winters, and a well-defined cherry blossom spring.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained — so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.
For more on Fort Payne's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Fort Payne climate page.
