Average Annual Precipitation for Tennessee
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities and towns in Tennessee.
Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives in a year. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.
The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Middle and Western Tennessee.
Eastern Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | Athens | 60.4 | 1534 |
| 138 | Bristol | 44.0 | 1117 |
| 123 | Chattanooga | 55.0 | 1397 |
| 140 | Cleveland | 57.6 | 1464 |
| 140 | Crossville | 57.5 | 1461 |
| 128 | Dayton | 58.7 | 1492 |
| 164 | Gatlinburg | 58.2 | 1478 |
| 140 | Greeneville | 46.4 | 1178 |
| 133 | Kingsport | 45.0 | 1144 |
| 129 | Knoxville | 51.9 | 1319 |
| 124 | Lookout Mountain | 58.6 | 1488 |
| 136 | Morristown | 47.4 | 1204 |
| 114 | Mountain City | 47.2 | 1199 |
| 132 | Oak Ridge | 59.7 | 1516 |
| 129 | Oneida | 58.1 | 1476 |
| 123 | Sevierville | 48.8 | 1239 |
Middle Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | Cheatham Lake Dam | 51.1 | 1297 |
| 130 | Clarksville | 53.5 | 1359 |
| 126 | Columbia | 56.8 | 1442 |
| 137 | Cookeville | 60.0 | 1525 |
| 100 | Dover | 54.8 | 1392 |
| 139 | Monteagle | 67.0 | 1701 |
| 135 | Murfreesboro | 55.9 | 1420 |
| 123 | Nashville | 50.5 | 1283 |
| 128 | Shelbyville | 59.4 | 1508 |
| 130 | Tullahoma | 60.6 | 1540 |
Western Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Dyersburg | 53.3 | 1353 |
| 122 | Jackson | 56.9 | 1445 |
| 117 | Martin | 54.7 | 1390 |
| 111 | Memphis | 54.9 | 1395 |
| 122 | Savannah | 59.2 | 1503 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.