Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In March its highs average 18.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 153rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and 483rd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Tuscaloosa is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 126 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hoover in MarchUnited States · 74 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in MarchUnited States · 79 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Montgomery in MarchUnited States · 151 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Huntsville in MarchUnited States · 192 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in MarchUnited States · 255 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Jackson in MarchUnited States · 265 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 121 mm rain
- South Fulton in MarchUnited States · 272 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Mobile in MarchUnited States · 283 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°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.