Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In July its highs average 31.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 122nd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 403rd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Tuscaloosa is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Hoover in JulyUnited States · 74 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in JulyUnited States · 79 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Montgomery in JulyUnited States · 151 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Huntsville in JulyUnited States · 192 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in JulyUnited States · 255 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Jackson in JulyUnited States · 265 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 102 mm rain
- South Fulton in JulyUnited States · 272 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Mobile in JulyUnited States · 283 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 150 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.