Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In February its highs average 14.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 215th of 498 for the warmest February highs and 478th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Tuscaloosa is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 143 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Hoover in FebruaryUnited States · 74 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 130 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 79 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Montgomery in FebruaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Huntsville in FebruaryUnited States · 192 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 255 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Jackson in FebruaryUnited States · 265 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 120 mm rain
- South Fulton in FebruaryUnited States · 272 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Mobile in FebruaryUnited States · 283 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 110 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.