Average Annual Temperatures in Tennessee

Average annual temperatures for cities and towns throughout Tennessee are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Middle and Western Tennessee.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Place name links take you to more detailed temperature information for that location.

Eastern Tennessee

Average annual temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
70 47 Athens 21 9
68 45 Bristol 20 7
72 52 Chattanooga 22 11
71 48 Cleveland 22 9
65 45 Crossville 19 7
69 48 Dayton 21 9
67 44 Gatlinburg 19 7
69 44 Greeneville 21 7
69 46 Kingsport 20 8
70 49 Knoxville 21 10
66 49 Lookout Mountain 19 9
68 49 Morristown 20 9
66 41 Mountain City 19 5
70 48 Mousetail Landing Park 21 9
69 48 Oak Ridge 20 9
67 43 Oneida 19 6
71 47 Sevierville 22 8

Middle Tennessee

Average temperatures for the year
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
70 47 Cheatham Lake Dam 21 9
70 48 Clarksville 21 9
70 46 Columbia 21 8
69 46 Cookeville 21 8
69 48 Dover 21 9
66 46 Monteagle 19 8
70 47 Murfreesboro 21 9
72 50 Nashville 22 10
71 48 Shelbyville 22 9
69 48 Tullahoma 21 9

Western Tennessee

Average yearly temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
70 50 Dyersburg 21 10
71 48 Jackson 22 9
70 48 Martin 21 9
73 54 Memphis 23 12
73 50 Savannah 23 10
Reference

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

Tennessee Temperatures
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