All-time weather records — Tuscaloosa, AL

Record high
104.5°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
8.1°F
January 7, 2014
Wettest day
7.35 in
September 5, 2011

Climate change signal in Tuscaloosa

60.1%

of Tuscaloosa's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (220 of 366 records since 2015).

56.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (206 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
2000s
1
16
2010s
256
231
2020s
109
119

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 2009, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2009-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.6°F — Jan 1, 2022 8.1°F — Jan 7, 2014 3.57 in — Jan 2, 2020
February 84.6°F — Feb 22, 2023 14.5°F — Feb 16, 2021 4.85 in — Feb 10, 2020
March 87.6°F — Mar 21, 2017 20.3°F — Mar 6, 2015 3.68 in — Mar 22, 2022
April 91.0°F — Apr 28, 2025 30.6°F — Apr 2, 2021 5.76 in — Apr 19, 2020
May 96.1°F — May 30, 2011 39.9°F — May 10, 2020 2.97 in — May 13, 2022
June 104.2°F — Jun 30, 2012 53.4°F — Jun 2, 2012 3.15 in — Jun 22, 2017
July 104.5°F — Jul 1, 2012 55.9°F — Jul 30, 2014 5.30 in — Jul 6, 2018
August 103.6°F — Aug 12, 2010 57.0°F — Aug 24, 2009 3.00 in — Aug 14, 2009
September 100.8°F — Sep 1, 2011 45.3°F — Sep 28, 2022 7.35 in — Sep 5, 2011
October 100.8°F — Oct 3, 2019 29.7°F — Oct 19, 2022 6.61 in — Oct 25, 2019
November 89.6°F — Nov 1, 2016 20.5°F — Nov 13, 2019 3.70 in — Nov 16, 2014
December 81.5°F — Dec 29, 2021 10.0°F — Dec 23, 2022 3.25 in — Dec 14, 2022

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