Let’s face it – there are few cool places in Alabama during the summer.

There are some places, however, where the sticky-hot southern summer is especially brutal, as we can see in a recent ranking of Alabama counties with the warmest summers. Stacker compiled the list using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information.  Data represents the average temperatures from June to August 2022; the historic average is the average for these months from 1901 to 2000.

Here were the top 25 Alabama counties with the warmest summers:

25. Lamar County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 79 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees

24. Pike County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 79 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees

23. Clarke County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees

22. Greene County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 0.8 degrees

21. Butler County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 79 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.7 degrees

20. Crenshaw County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 79 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees

19. Marengo County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.3 degrees

18. Elmore County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 79 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees

17. Pickens County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees

16. Henry County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees

15. Sumter County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees

14. Covington County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 81 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees

13. Wilcox County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees

12. Washington County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.4 degrees

11. Autauga County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees

10. Coffee County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees

9. Dale County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees

8. Dallas County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.9 degrees

7. Choctaw County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees

6. Geneva County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.6 degrees

5. Houston County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.2 degrees

4. Baldwin County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 81 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.3 degrees

3. Montgomery County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 2.0 degrees

2. Mobile County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 1.8 degrees

1. Lowndes County

• Summer 2022 average temperature: 82 degrees
• Historic average summer temperature: 80 degrees
• 2022 difference from historic average: 2.2 degrees