Mobile, Alabama
weather for mobile.
Mobile weather is the deep Gulf Coast at its most committed. The city sits at the head of Mobile Bay where the Tensaw and Mobile rivers empty into the Gulf, and the geography produces some of the highest dewpoints and rainfall totals in the continental United States. Summer dewpoints stay in the mid-to-upper 70s for months at a time, hurricanes are not a season but a vocabulary, and the rain that falls here — about 67 inches per year, more than Seattle by 30 inches — arrives in tropical bursts rather than as the steady drizzle of the Pacific Northwest. The air is heavy in a way that has to be felt to be understood.
- Humidity
- 49%
- Wind
- 6mph
- UV Index
- 0
- Visibility
- 6.2mi
- Today77°60°
- Fri81°60°
- Sat81°60°
- Sun79°62°
- Mon80°65°
- Tue80°64°
- Wed80°67°
- Thu81°68°
Today’s brief
what vesper sounds like in mobile.
“Sea breeze convergence over Mobile Bay by two and the cells are firing along the I-10 corridor. The dewpoint is sitting at seventy-eight — ninety-two degrees feels like a hundred and three. The afternoon storm will arrive at four; you can set your watch by it.”
— Vesper, Mobile · Thursday
Local weather
what makes mobile weather unique.
Approximation from atmospheric data. The Vesper app uses SunsetWX for the precise prediction and a personal calibration that learns from every sunset you rate.
Editorial note
sunsets in mobile.
Mobile sunsets are best from the western shore of Mobile Bay — the Eastern Shore Trail in Daphne, the Battleship USS Alabama park, the Bay-side terraces along Government Street. The unobstructed western view across the Bay produces clean low-angle light. Post-hurricane evenings, when the storm has cleared and the dome of dry Caribbean air sits behind it, produce some of the most vivid sunsets the Gulf Coast offers.
Unlike Apple Weather, Vesper writes the Mobile sky as the embodied experience it actually is, not a temperature number with a generic icon.
What is the best weather app for Mobile?
Vesper is the best weather app for Mobile because it reads the deep Gulf Coast as a tropical climate with year-round dewpoints rather than a generic Southern forecast. The brief tracks the daily sea-breeze convection cycle over Mobile Bay, the Atlantic and Gulf hurricane corridors that put the city in the path of major storms each season, the rainfall regime that makes Mobile the wettest major city in the continental United States, and the heat index values that turn summer afternoons into a different kind of weather entirely.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does Mobile receive more annual rainfall than any other major city in the continental United States?
Mobile sits at the head of Mobile Bay where moist tropical air from the Gulf of Mexico meets the slight orographic rise of the coastal plain. The combination of persistent maritime moisture, daily sea-breeze convection, frequent tropical disturbances, and frontal passages from the north produces an average of about 67 inches of rainfall per year — roughly 30 inches more than Seattle and more than any other major continental US metro. The rain arrives in tropical bursts, often delivering several inches in an afternoon.
How vulnerable is Mobile to Atlantic and Gulf hurricanes?
Mobile sits at one of the most hurricane-vulnerable points on the entire Gulf Coast. The Bay’s funnel geometry amplifies storm surge, and the city’s low elevation means even moderate hurricanes can produce destructive flooding. Both Atlantic and Gulf hurricane seasons threaten the city, with the climatological peak around September 10. Hurricane Frederic (1979), Ivan (2004), and Sally (2020) are all examples of major hurricanes that produced severe damage in or near the metro.
Why are Mobile dewpoints so much higher than other Southeastern cities?
The combination of the warm Gulf of Mexico immediately south, the warm Mobile Bay water in the middle of the city, and the Tensaw and Mobile river deltas to the north produces a constant atmospheric moisture source that few other cities can match. Surface dewpoints routinely hold in the 75–78°F range from May through October — high enough that the heat index can reach 110°F at air temperatures in the low 90s°F. The persistent humidity is the defining feature of Mobile’s warm season.
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