Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 123rd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 326th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Tuscaloosa is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 80 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hoover in AugustUnited States · 74 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in AugustUnited States · 79 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Montgomery in AugustUnited States · 151 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Huntsville in AugustUnited States · 192 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in AugustUnited States · 255 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 96 mm rain
- Jackson in AugustUnited States · 265 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- South Fulton in AugustUnited States · 272 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Mobile in AugustUnited States · 283 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 140 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.