Temp Guide: When to Expect Peak Heat Index Values in West Alabama

This afternoon, West Alabama residents were feeling the heat. In Tuscaloosa, around 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, the “feels like” temperature at the Townsquare Media offices reached 103°F.

Temperatures are steadily climbing across the region, bringing increasing concern about heat index values, or “feels like” temperatures, as they are expected to soar into the triple digits over the next several days.

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The “heat index, also known as apparent temperature, is how the temperature feels to the human body when relative humidity is combined with air temperature,” said the National Weather Service.

Most Intense Heat of the Day

Here are the expected peak heat hours for the next several days, based on data from Time and Date Weather. Keep in mind that changing weather conditions may affect this outlook.

Bibb

Friday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 96 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Fayette

Friday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 96 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Greene

Friday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 96 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Hale

Friday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 97 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Lamar

Friday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 94 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Perry

Friday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between 1 p.m. 5 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 97 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Pickens

Friday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 96 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Sumter

Friday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 100 °F between 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 97 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Tuscaloosa

Friday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 99 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 96 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Walker

Friday: Feels Like Temp 97 °F between Noon – 4 p.m.

Saturday: Feels Like Temp 97 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Sunday: Feels Like Temp 9 °F between 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Mary K. – Weather Forecaster

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