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.
Area: 118.0 square miles (2000)
Elevation: 211 feet above sea level
Average Temperatures: January, 51° F; July, 82° F; average annual temperature, 68° F
Average Annual Precipitation: 66 inches