Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In January its highs average 11.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 223rd of 498 for the warmest January highs and 463rd of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Tuscaloosa is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hoover in JanuaryUnited States · 74 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 79 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Montgomery in JanuaryUnited States · 151 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Huntsville in JanuaryUnited States · 192 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 255 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Jackson in JanuaryUnited States · 265 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 121 mm rain
- South Fulton in JanuaryUnited States · 272 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Mobile in JanuaryUnited States · 283 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 7.1°C · 119 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.