No surface weather station in north central Alabama has operated continuously since the first was opened in the late 19th century. We present a time series of summer maximum temperatures constructed from 14 stations (13 within 40 km of current WSO) using a homogeneous segment technique. Original data forms were examined for all types of inhomogeneities in each station record (moves, instrument changes, etc.). Each station's records were broken into homogeneous segments, and a method applied to merge all segments into a single time series beginning in 1893. The overall trend is -0.13 C/decade. Results show it is likely that the summer of 1925 was the warmest summer, but uncertainties render a definitive answer impossible at this time, highlighting the inability of the State Climatologist to answer a very simple question, "When was the hottest summer?"