Climate averages 1991–2020
Birmingham, United States weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Birmingham, United States: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (13 km away). In October its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Birmingham, United States, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Birmingham, United States ranks joint 207th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 310th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Birmingham, United States is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hoover in OctoberUnited States · 13 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in OctoberUnited States · 79 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Huntsville in OctoberUnited States · 136 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Montgomery in OctoberUnited States · 137 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 73 mm rain
- South Fulton in OctoberUnited States · 197 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in OctoberUnited States · 206 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Chattanooga in OctoberUnited States · 218 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 84 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in OctoberUnited States · 223 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 84 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.