Nashville - Highest Temperature for Each Year

Here's where you'll find answers to questions about the highest temperatures and hottest days in Nashville, Tennessee. How hot did it get in 2019? When was the last time thermometers in Nashville rose above 100 °F? What was the highest temperature in Nashville five decades ago? Answers to those questions and much more can be found quickly and easily in the list below of record high temperatures.

This page gives the highest temperature for each year in Nashville and the date that it happened. A date with a plus sign means it was that hot on at least one other day earlier that year.

These records were observed at Nashville International Airport and go back to 1948. The highest temperature measured during that time was 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) on June 29, 2012.

Highest Nashville temperatures in recent years
Max °F Date Max °C
100 August 25, 2023 + 38
101 June 22, 2022   38
98 August 25, 2021   37
98 July 20, 2020 + 37
99 October 03, 2019 + 37
99 July 04, 2018 37
98 July 22, 2017 + 37
98 June 16, 2016 37
97 August 04, 2015 36
97 August 06, 2014 36
97 July 17, 2013 36
109 June 29, 2012 43
102 August 03, 2011 39
101 August 04, 2010 38
Highest temperature recorded at Nashville each year
Max °F Date Max °C
95 June 27, 2009 + 35
97 August 05, 2008 + 36
106 August 16, 2007 41
100 July 19, 2006 38
98 August 20, 2005 + 37
94 July 13, 2004 34
94 July 28, 2003 34
97 August 05, 2002 36
95 July 08, 2001 35
100 August 17, 2000 38
101 July 30, 1999 38
99 September 06, 1998 37
99 July 27, 1997 37
95 July 01, 1996 + 35
99 August 30, 1995 + 37
95 June 21, 1994 35
99 July 28, 1993 + 37
96 August 09, 1992 36
100 July 23, 1991 + 38
103 August 28, 1990 39
96 July 26, 1989 36
105 July 08, 1988 41
99 August 03, 1987 37
102 July 20, 1986 39
98 July 14, 1985 + 37
95 June 19, 1984 + 35
101 August 21, 1983 + 38
93 July 16, 1982 + 34
96 August 05, 1981 + 36
104 July 16, 1980 40
95 August 20, 1979 35
98 June 29, 1978 + 37
99 July 17, 1977 + 37
96 July 24, 1976 36
94 September 03, 1975 34
95 July 19, 1974 35
96 August 29, 1973 36
94 July 23, 1972 + 34
98 June 26, 1971 37
97 July 02, 1970 36
100 July 11, 1969 38
99 August 23, 1968 37
95 June 18, 1967 35
103 July 14, 1966 + 39
98 July 24, 1965 37
101 August 04, 1964 38
96 August 06, 1963 + 36
101 August 19, 1962 38
94 September 24, 1961 + 34
99 September 07, 1960 + 37
96 August 25, 1959 + 36
95 June 13, 1958 35
96 August 11, 1957 + 36
101 July 27, 1956 38
98 September 09, 1955 + 37
105 September 05, 1954 + 41
102 September 01, 1953 39
107 July 28, 1952 + 42
101 August 31, 1951 38
95 June 26, 1950 35
96 July 27, 1949 36
101 July 04, 1948 38
Reference

Jay Lawrimore. 2016. Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. 

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