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  2. Birmingham, Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The record high temperature is 107 °F ... Birmingham city, Alabama – Racial and ethnic composition ... Alabama Bound is an annual book and author fair that ...

  3. Climate of Alabama - Wikipedia

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    Climate of Alabama. The state of Alabama is classified as humid subtropical (Cfa) under the Köppen climate classification. [1] The state's average annual temperature is 64 °F (18 °C). Temperatures tend to be warmer in the state's southern portion with its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, while its northern portions, especially in the ...

  4. John Christy - Wikipedia

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    nsstc.uah.edu /users /john.christy /. John Raymond Christy is a climate scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) whose chief interests are satellite remote sensing of global climate and global climate change. He is best known, jointly with Roy Spencer, for the first successful development of a satellite temperature record.

  5. Sloss Furnaces - Wikipedia

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    Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a pig iron -producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971. After closing, it became one of the first industrial sites (and the only blast furnace) in the U.S. to be preserved and restored for public use. In 1981, the furnaces were designated a ...

  6. Iron Bowl - Wikipedia

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    The Alabama–Auburn football rivalry, better known as the Iron Bowl, [2] is an American college football rivalry game between the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and the Auburn University Tigers, both charter members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and both teams are located in the state of Alabama.

  7. 1973 Central Alabama tornado - Wikipedia

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    During the afternoon and evening of May 27, 1973, a violent and long-tracked tornado tracked across Central Alabama, where it produced catastrophic damage in the cities of Greensboro, Brent, Centreville, Montevallo, Columbiana, Wilsonville, and Childersburg. [ 1][ 2] The tornado was on the ground for an exceptionally long time, crossing six ...

  8. Vulcan statue - Wikipedia

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    76000333 [1] Added to NRHP. July 6, 1976. The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment.

  9. Highest temperature recorded on Earth - Wikipedia

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    The current official highest registered air temperature on Earth is 56.7 °C (134.1 °F), recorded on 10 July 1913 at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley in the United States. [1] For few years, a former record that was measured in Libya had been in place, until it was decertified in 2012 based on evidence that it was an erroneous reading.