Climate by Place

Nashville, TN climate: monthly averages and frost dates

Nashville, TN has cool winters and hot summers by this site's scale, with wet annual precipitation. The figures are the 1991–2020 climate normals for NOAA station USW00013897 (NASHVILLE INTL AP), 6 mi (10 km) in a straight line from the city's center point (US Census).

Warmest month high
90.9°F
July
Coldest month mean
39.6°F
January
Precipitation
50.5 in
per year
Snowfall
4.7 in
per year
Median last frost
March 31
32°F, spring
Median first frost
November 3
32°F, autumn

Monthly averages in Nashville

Nashville, TN: normal high, low and precipitation by month Normal daily high and low by month and monthly precipitation for Nashville, TN. Highs peak in July at 90.9°F; the wettest month is May at 5.02 in. 20°F 40°F 60°F 80°F 100°F 32°F 49 54 63 73 80 88 91 90 84 74 61 52 30 33 40 49 58 66 70 69 62 50 39 33 6 in 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.7 5.0 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.9 4.4 J F M A M J J A S O N D Normal daily high Normal daily low Precipitation (in)
NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals, station USW00013897. “–” means NOAA publishes no value.
MonthHigh °FLow °FMean °FPrecip. inSnow inDays ≥0.01 inDays ≥90°FNights ≤32°F
January 49.130.139.64.022.0 10.80.018.8
February 53.833.043.44.471.5 10.90.014.2
March 62.740.251.54.520.7 11.60.07.4
April 72.648.960.84.720.0 11.20.10.9
May 80.458.369.35.020.0 11.62.00.0
June 87.766.477.14.360.0 10.710.80.0
July 90.970.580.74.160.0 10.318.20.0
August 90.469.079.73.790.0 9.415.90.0
September 84.461.873.13.800.0 7.86.80.0
October 73.549.961.73.360.0 8.40.40.7
November 61.439.250.33.860.1 9.00.08.4
December 52.233.342.74.430.4 11.40.015.8
Year 71.650.060.850.514.7 123.154.166.3

How cold is winter in Nashville?

Winters in Nashville are cool by this site's scale (coldest-month mean 32 to under 45°F). The coldest month is January, with a mean temperature of 39.6°F (4.2°C), a normal daily high of 49.1°F (9.5°C) and a normal daily low of 30.1°F (−1.1°C).

The station averages 66.3 nights a year at or below 32°F and 6.2 days when the high stays at or below 32°F.

The normal daily low is at or below freezing in January.

How hot is summer in Nashville?

Summers in Nashville are hot by this site's scale (hottest-month high 90 to under 100°F). July has the highest normal daily high, 90.9°F (32.7°C), with nights averaging 70.5°F (21.4°C).

The high reaches 90°F or more on 54.1 days in a normal year.

The normal daily high itself is 90°F or above in July and August.

What is the wettest month in Nashville?

Nashville gets 50.51 in (1283 mm) of precipitation in a normal year, which this site classes as wet (40 to under 60 in a year). The wettest month is May with 5.02 in (128 mm); the driest is October with 3.36 in (85 mm).

Measurable precipitation (0.01 in or more) falls on 123.1 days a year.

Does it snow in Nashville?

Normal annual snowfall in Nashville is 4.7 in (12 cm), which this site classes as light (1 to under 12 in a year).

January is the snowiest month, with 2.0 in (5 cm).

A day with 1.0 in or more of snowfall comes 1.4 times a year on average.

Which months are mild in Nashville?

4 months in Nashville meet this site's comfort thresholds (normal high 65–85°F, low 45°F or higher, fewer than 10 days with 0.10 in or more of precipitation): April, May, September and October.

Thresholds and their limits: methodology.

Frost dates and growing season in Nashville

In Nashville the median last spring night at or below 32°F is March 31, and the median first autumn one is November 3 (NOAA P50 dates). NOAA's median length of the freeze-free season is 217 days.

There is still a 10% chance of a 32°F night on or after April 16, and a 10% chance that the first one has come by October 22.

The chance that the last spring 32°F night comes on or after March 13 is 90%.

For a hard freeze (28°F or lower) the median dates are March 17 in spring and November 15 in autumn.

32°F frost dates by probability (NOAA PRBLST, PRBFST, PRBGSL). The 50% row is the median. Season lengths are NOAA’s own percentiles of each year’s season, so they need not equal the gap between the two dates in the same row.
ChanceLast spring 32°F night on or afterFirst autumn 32°F night byFreeze-free season, days
10%April 16October 22241
20%April 9October 26232
30%April 6October 30226
40%April 3November 1222
50%March 31November 3217
60%March 28November 6212
70%March 24November 9209
80%March 18November 13204
90%March 13November 18197
Median (P50) dates at each temperature threshold NOAA publishes.
ThresholdMedian last date (spring)Median first date (autumn or winter)Median season, days
36°F April 11October 25196
32°F March 31November 3217
28°F March 17November 15243
24°F March 4November 28266
20°F February 20December 10296
16°F February 5December 31321
Chance of at least one night at or below 32°F in the month (NOAA MLY-TMIN-PRBOCC-LSTH032).
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
100%100%96%49%0%0%0%0%0%37%96%100%

Nearby and similar places

Of the places on this site, the closest to Nashville by station distance are Atlanta, GA at 214 mi (344 km), Asheville, NC at 238 mi (382 km) and Indianapolis, IN at 249 mi (401 km).

Among places whose winter, summer and precipitation words are each within one band of Nashville's (winter: cool, summer: hot, precipitation: wet), the closest monthly temperature and precipitation patterns are Atlanta, GA, Asheville, NC and Charlotte, NC.

Compared with Atlanta, GA, Nashville's peak-month normal high is 0.8°F (0.4°C) higher, its coldest-month mean is 5.2°F (2.9°C) lower, and its annual precipitation is 0.08 in more.

PlaceListed asStation distanceColdest mean °FWarmest high °FPrecip. in/yrSnow in/yrLast frost
Nashville, TNthis page–39.690.950.54.7March 31
Atlanta, GAnearby, similar214 mi (344 km)44.890.150.42.2March 15
Asheville, NCnearby, similar238 mi (382 km)38.785.349.610.3April 9
Indianapolis, INnearby249 mi (401 km)28.585.243.625.5April 15
Charlotte, NCsimilar328 mi (527 km)42.190.343.63.5March 30

How nearby and similar places are chosen: methodology.

Source and station

The data for Nashville come from NOAA station NASHVILLE INTL AP, TN US (USW00013897) at 36.1189, -86.6892, elevation 600 ft (183 m). It lies 6 mi (10 km) in a straight line from the center point of Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), the “internal point” in the US Census 2024 Gazetteer.

Each monthly normal used here rests on at least 20 years of data from 1991–2020 (NOAA's per-field year counts).

NOAA completeness flags on the monthly fields used here:

  • P: Provisional: meets WMO standards for data availability for 10 or more years (missing months cannot be filled).
  • S: Standard: meets WMO standards for data availability for 24 or more years.

Cite the data as:

Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00013897 (NASHVILLE INTL AP, TN US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/wck8-er13. Accessed 2026-10-09.

Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anthony; Lawrimore, Jay (2021). U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1991-2020). Station USW00013897 (NASHVILLE INTL AP, TN US). NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4ek7-fk11. Accessed 2026-10-09.

Files used: monthly normals CSV, annual/seasonal normals CSV (retrieved 2026-10-09). The values on this page as JSON: /us/tn/nashville/data.json.