Average Rainfall for Alabama in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities, towns and other locations in Alabama.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Gulf Coast, South, Central and North Alabama.

Alabama Gulf Coast

Average monthly precipitation in August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Bay Minette 7.1 181
10 Coden 7.5 189
12 Dauphin Island 6.0 153
15 Fairhope 7.2 182
13 Mobile 6.9 174

South Alabama

August averages for total rainfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Atmore 5.6 141
11 Auburn 4.3 109
8 Demopolis Dam 4.9 123
13 Dothan 6.2 157
11 Enterprise 5.6 143
10 Jackson 5.2 131
10 Montgomery 4.0 102
9 Troy 4.9 125

Central Alabama

Average amount of rain in August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
11 Alexander City 4.7 119
10 Anniston 3.5 89
9 Bankhead Lake Dam 4.3 110
11 Birmingham 4.4 110
8 Gadsden 4.5 114
9 Jasper 4.0 102
9 Talladega 3.9 99
10 Tuscaloosa 4.8 122

North Alabama

Precipitation totals for August
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Cullman 4.1 105
11 Decatur 3.1 77
10 Guntersville 4.0 102
9 Huntsville 3.6 90
9 Muscle Shoals 3.8 96
8 Scottsboro 4.1 103
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Alabama Precipitation
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