Climate averages 1991–2020
Mobile weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd 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 Mobile: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulfport (107 km away). In October its highs average 24.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Mobile, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Mobile ranks joint 127th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 334th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Mobile is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 98 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Gulfport in OctoberUnited States · 107 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 95 mm rain
- New Orleans in OctoberUnited States · 212 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Metairie in OctoberUnited States · 217 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Montgomery in OctoberUnited States · 249 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Jackson in OctoberUnited States · 270 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in OctoberUnited States · 283 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in OctoberUnited States · 302 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 86 mm rain
- Hoover in OctoberUnited States · 323 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 86 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.