Img 3639 Scaled E1748544023791 — The Regions Tradition was impacted by weather again this year. (Caleb Turrentine / The Bama Buzz)

Rainy and hot. Rainy and cool. Rainy and sunny.

It seems like we’ve seen it all through the first couple of months of spring in Alabama but the one constant has been rain. We’ve already seen some areas in central Alabama reach record rainfall totals earlier this month.

So just how historic has this season been across the state? Let’s dive into the numbers.

National Weather Service

Almost every city in the state has already recorded rainfall well above its average total for the month of May, according to the National Weather Service. Some of those cities include:

Anniston: 9.43 inches (4.69 average)
Birmingham: 11.15 inches (4.94 average)
Huntsville: 10.88 inches (4.55 average)
Mobile: 8.18 inches (4.58 average)
Montgomery: 8.62 inches (3.98 average)
Tuscaloosa: 14.26 inches (3.75 average)

Tuscaloosa’s total broke a 39-year-old record by more than two inches. But May has historically been a rainy month so many areas won’t reach their record rain total without any more heavy rain over the next couple of days.

Here are some previous records for the month of May:

Birmingham: 17.22 in 2003
Montgomery: 12.74 in 2017
Gadsden: 11.11 in 2009
Huntsville: 11.88 in 1983
Clanton: 13.63 in 2018
Mobile: 15.08 in 1980
Dauphin Island: 15.87 in 1991

Weekend storms bring record rainfall to Tuscaloosa

Rainy spring

But it wasn’t just May that brought an extensive amount of rain to the state. Over the last three months, several areas have doubled their average rainfall including:

Tuscaloosa: 24.72 inches
Mobile: 21.53 inches
Birmingham: 20.48 inches
Huntsville: 20.47 inches
Anniston: 20.30 inches
Muscle Shoals: 20.22 inches

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