Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In December its highs average 13.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 189th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 468th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Tuscaloosa is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Hoover in DecemberUnited States · 74 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in DecemberUnited States · 79 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Montgomery in DecemberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 110 mm rain
- Huntsville in DecemberUnited States · 192 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in DecemberUnited States · 255 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Jackson in DecemberUnited States · 265 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 119 mm rain
- South Fulton in DecemberUnited States · 272 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Mobile in DecemberUnited States · 283 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.6°C · 115 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.