Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 128th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 479th of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Tuscaloosa is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 126 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Tuscaloosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 123 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.8°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 129 | 10.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 143 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 126 | 9.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 104 | 10.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 107 | 12.9 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 104 | 14.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 91 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 80 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 91 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 98 | 7.9 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 129 | 10.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Hoover in AprilUnited States · 74 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 118 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in AprilUnited States · 79 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Montgomery in AprilUnited States · 151 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Huntsville in AprilUnited States · 192 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in AprilUnited States · 255 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Jackson in AprilUnited States · 265 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 114 mm rain
- South Fulton in AprilUnited States · 272 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Mobile in AprilUnited States · 283 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 107 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 Tuscaloosa) is explained once on the Tuscaloosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.