Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Northport, AL

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Northport 2 S, AL, 7 miles south of Northport at 150 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 71°F; January is the coolest, at 56°F and 35°F. February is the wettest at 5.6 inches of precipitation on average and September and October the driest at 3.6 inches; the year adds up to 57.2 inches over 79 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 46% of the year's precipitation (26.4 of 57.2 inches); the other six months are wetter. September has brought the most of the 20 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (10); a normal September there has highs of 87°F and 3.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 89 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 47 nights a year. That 57.2 inches is more than at 54 of the 107 Alabama stations used on this site (50%). Coker, 6 miles southwest, has its own station (Tuscaloosa Acfd, AL): 57.8 inches a year, 0.6 more than here, and a July average high of 94°F against 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 187 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Northport: 150 thunderstorm wind reports, 27 flash floods, 5 heavy rain events, 4 floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 5 people and injured 9, and the NWS estimated $5.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on May 18, 2025. July has had the most flash floods, 6 of 27. Of the 321 Alabama cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 236 have had fewer than Northport.

Flood insurance policyholders in Northport's 3 ZIP codes have filed 50 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $912,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Tropical Storm Claudette in 2021: 12 claims (24% of all) and $755,000. The year with the most claims was 1979, with 14. 40% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 118 Alabama cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 70 have fewer than Northport.