Tuscaloosa weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tuscaloosa, Alabama: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Tuscaloosa Airport Asos, 9 km from Tuscaloosa; records cover 1948–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 53.5 in1359 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 23
- First fall freeze
- Nov 7
- Heating degree days
- 2,410
- Cooling degree days
- 2,262
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 21°−6° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tuscaloosa in January
Highs average 56°13° and lows 36°2°, with 5 in126 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2022)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 600
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Tuscaloosa in February
Highs average 60°16° and lows 39°4°, with 5.4 in136 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1962)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 438
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Tuscaloosa in March
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1982)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 274
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Tuscaloosa in April
Highs average 76°24° and lows 52°11°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1987)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 108
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Tuscaloosa in May
Highs average 83°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1951)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 238
Tuscaloosa in June
Highs average 89°32° and lows 69°21°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1952)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 423
Tuscaloosa in July
Highs average 92°33° and lows 72°22°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1952)
- Record low
- 54°12° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 525
Tuscaloosa in August
Highs average 91°33° and lows 72°22°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2000)
- Record low
- 53°12° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 510
Tuscaloosa in September
Highs average 87°31° and lows 66°19°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1951)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 342
Tuscaloosa in OctoberThis month
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2019)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 100
- Cooling degree days
- 105
Tuscaloosa in November
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 4.5 in115 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2016)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 339
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Tuscaloosa in December
Highs average 58°14° and lows 38°3°, with 5.1 in129 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1978)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 530
- Cooling degree days
- 4