2023 ended up being one of the warmest years on record in Russell County.
According to data from the National Centers for Environmental Information, the average temperature in 2023 in Russell County was 58.5 degrees.
That ranks as the third-warmest year on record from the center dating back to 1895.
The warmest year on record during that time span was 2019, which came in at 59.1 degrees.
