Mobile: Geography and Climate
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Mobile, Alabama, Climate:
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Mobile's climate is influenced by the city's proximity to the Gulf of Mexico. Winters are mild, with average high temperatures in the low 60s and lows around 40 degrees. Snowfall is rare, averaging less than a half-inch annually. Summers are hot and humid, with average daytime high temperatures in the low 90s and evening lows around 70 degrees. March is the wettest month of the year in Mobile; October is the driest.
Average Temperatures & Precipitation
Temperatures
| JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | |
| High | 61 | 65 | 71 | 77 | 84 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 87 | 79 | 70 | 63 |
| Low | 39 | 42 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 56 | 48 | 42 |
Precipitation
| JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | |
| Inches | 5.8 | 5.1 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 5 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 6 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 |
Air Quality Index (AQI)
Days Recorded (2008): 302Median AQI: 35
Days in Good Range: 0.84
Days in Moderate Range: 0.14
Days in Unhealthy Range (Sensitive Groups): 0.01
Days in Unhealthy Range: 0
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Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is located at the mouth of the Mobile River in southwest Alabama and stands at the head of Mobile Bay, 31 miles inland from where the bay meets the Gulf of Mexico.
Mobile is one of the nation's wettest cities. Rainfall occurs fairly evenly throughout the year. Summers are hot and muggy; winters are mild. Mobile averages only nineteen days each year at or below freezing temperatures. Average annual snowfall is less than half an inch.
The city is occasionally threatened by hurricanes from the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies. In 2004, hurricane Ivan wreaked havoc on Mobile and surrounding areas.
| 118.0 square miles (2000) | |
| 211 feet above sea level | |
| January, 51° F; July, 82° F; average annual temperature, 68° F | |
| 66 inches |
