Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In October its highs average 23.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 179th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 346th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Tuscaloosa is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 17.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hoover in OctoberUnited States · 74 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in OctoberUnited States · 79 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Montgomery in OctoberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Huntsville in OctoberUnited States · 192 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.5°C · 86 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in OctoberUnited States · 255 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Jackson in OctoberUnited States · 265 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 91 mm rain
- South Fulton in OctoberUnited States · 272 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Mobile in OctoberUnited States · 283 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 88 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.