Alabama Gets First November Snow in 35 Years Snow covered the
South last January. This season, the white stuff came earlier.
Last night it wasn't the stars, but the snow that fell on
Alabama. It wasn't much, but yesterday (Nov. 28) was the first
time since 1976 that Alabama has had snow during November.
Making the day even weirder weather-wise, temperatures in the
Deep South dipped to near the freezing point while temperatures
in many places in the Northeast topped 70 F (21 C). New York
City yesterday set a record high temperature of 70 F for the
date, breaking a record set in 1896 and tied in 1990. The white
stuff that fell across Alabama mostly fell in the northeast part
of the state. "It looks like they had an inch or so, maybe
more," said Andy Kula, senior forecaster with the National
Weather Service in Huntsville, Ala."None of it has really stuck
because it's too warm on the ground." The most recent
occurrences of November snow in Alabama came in 1976 when flakes
fell on Huntsville and 1969 when snow cam