Nashville Temperatures: Averages by Month

The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Nashville, Tennessee during each month of the year.

The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.

To find out how often it rises over 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Nashville, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.

The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.

10-year temperature averages for Nashville, 2010 to 2019
High °F Low °F   High °C Low °C
48 29 January 9 -2
53 33 February 12 1
62 40 March 17 5
73 50 April 23 10
81 59 May 27 15
89 67 June 32 20
91 71 July 33 22
90 69 August 32 21
85 63 September 29 17
74 50 October 23 10
61 39 November 16 4
53 35 December 12 2
72 51 Year 22 10
30-year temperature averages for Nashville, 1991 to 2020
High °F Low °F   High °C Low °C
49 30 January 10 -1
54 33 February 12 1
63 40 March 17 5
73 49 April 23 9
80 58 May 27 15
88 66 June 31 19
91 71 July 33 21
90 69 August 32 21
84 62 September 29 17
74 50 October 23 10
61 39 November 16 4
52 33 December 11 1
72 50 Year 22 10

Days of Hot Weather in Nashville

About half of summer days at Nashville have highs in the 90s Fahrenheit. But it's unusual for the thermometer to go above that. Typically just one day a year reaches 100 °F (38 °C).

Days per month in Nashville of at least 70, 80 or 90 °F
  70 °F
21 °C
80 °F
27 °C
90 °F
32 °C
January 1 0 0
February 2 0 0
March 9 2 0
April 19 7 0
May 27 17 2
June 30 27 11
July 31 30 18
August 31 30 16
September 29 22 7
October 20 8 0
November 7 1 0
December 2 0 0
Year 206 143 54

How Often Nashville Has Cold Temperatures

A cold night at Nashville means a temperature of 10 °F (-12 °C) or even less. The city normally sees temperatures that cold two times in a winter.

Nashville also has an average of six days annually when the thermometer stays below freezing all day.

Days per month on average in Nashville when the minimum temperature drops to 20, 32, or 40 °F or below
  20 °F
-8 °C
32 °F
0 °C
40 °F
4 °C
January 7 19 26
February 3 14 22
March 1 7 16
April 0 1 6
May 0 0 0
June 0 0 0
July 0 0 0
August 0 0 0
September 0 0 0
October 0 1 5
November 0 8 17
December 3 16 24
Year 14 66 115
References

Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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