Climate averages 1991–2020
Birmingham, United States weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Birmingham, United States: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (13 km away). In December its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Birmingham, United States, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Birmingham, United States ranks joint 217th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 471st of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Birmingham, United States is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 126 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Birmingham, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 130 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 146 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 118 | 9.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 100 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 108 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 114 | 14.7 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 95 | 12.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 86 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 86 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 105 | 8.1 | 10.510 h |
| December, selected | 13.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 132 | 10.5 | 10.010 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Hoover in DecemberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in DecemberUnited States · 79 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Huntsville in DecemberUnited States · 136 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Montgomery in DecemberUnited States · 137 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 110 mm rain
- South Fulton in DecemberUnited States · 197 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in DecemberUnited States · 206 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Chattanooga in DecemberUnited States · 218 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 128 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in DecemberUnited States · 223 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 128 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Birmingham) is explained once on the Birmingham, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Hoover lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.