Climate averages 1991–2020
Mobile weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mobile: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulfport (107 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mobile, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Mobile ranks joint 168th of 498 for the warmest August highs and 457th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Mobile is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Mobile climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 119 | 9.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 110 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 119 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 107 | 8.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 87 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 128 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 150 | 18.8 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 140 | 18.4 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 117 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 88 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 98 | 7.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.6°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 115 | 9.0 | 10.210 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
August in nearby cities
- Gulfport in AugustUnited States · 107 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.9°C · 161 mm rain
- New Orleans in AugustUnited States · 212 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 159 mm rain
- Metairie in AugustUnited States · 217 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 25.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Montgomery in AugustUnited States · 249 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Jackson in AugustUnited States · 270 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in AugustUnited States · 283 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in AugustUnited States · 302 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Hoover in AugustUnited States · 323 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 95 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 Mobile) is explained once on the Mobile year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.