Climate averages 1991–2020
Tuscaloosa weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Tuscaloosa: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoover (74 km away). In September its highs average 28.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Tuscaloosa, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tuscaloosa ranks joint 133rd of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 277th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Tuscaloosa is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Hoover in SeptemberUnited States · 74 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in SeptemberUnited States · 79 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Montgomery in SeptemberUnited States · 151 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Huntsville in SeptemberUnited States · 192 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in SeptemberUnited States · 255 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 86 mm rain
- Jackson in SeptemberUnited States · 265 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 83 mm rain
- South Fulton in SeptemberUnited States · 272 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Mobile in SeptemberUnited States · 283 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 117 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.