Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks 117th of 498 for the warmest May highs and joint 378th of 498 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 498 cities is 23.8°C; Tuscaloosa is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 107 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hoover in MayUnited States · 74 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in MayUnited States · 79 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Montgomery in MayUnited States · 151 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Huntsville in MayUnited States · 192 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in MayUnited States · 255 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Jackson in MayUnited States · 265 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 104 mm rain
- South Fulton in MayUnited States · 272 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Mobile in MayUnited States · 283 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 87 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.