Winter Weather in Tennessee

Events

2,093

Deaths

18

Injuries

112

Damage

$1.5 million

• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 14 to 16, 202412 deaths · 36 eventsA major snowstorm powered by strong upper level dynamics and widespread preexisting low level cold produced heavy snowfall across East Tennessee.
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Tennessee, January 24 to 26, 20267 deaths · 81 kt wind · 19 eventsBroad scale upper lift led to a complex winter storm across East Tennessee, with onset precipitation of snow transitioning to freezing rain before ending as rain as the temperatures rose through the evening, night, and following morning.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 9, 201167 injured · 39 eventsWith temperatures from the afternoon through evening hours remaining in the 20s, there was enough moisture associated with a west to east moving cold frontal passage and southwesterly upper level flow aloft, across the mid state for a significant snowfall event to occur across…
• Extreme Cold and Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 14 to 17, 20243 deaths · 44 eventsA major winter storm impacted all of Middle Tennessee beginning late Sunday, January 14, 2024. With a very cold airmass already in place, snow fell either into the late hours of January 15th or into the early morning hours of January 16th.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 30 to 31, 20263 deaths · 36 eventsA significant snowstorm struck portions of East Tennessee at the end of the month, thanks to strong lift from a deep upper trough diving from north to south. A couple of long term cooperative weather stations saw top 10 snowfalls during this storm.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 25 to 26, 20082 deaths · 5 injured · 5 eventsAn upper level disturbance moved over West Tennessee during the evening hours of January 25th through the morning hours of January 26th. Freezing rain or drizzle fell over the area as a result with some ice accumulation occurring.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 26 to 28, 20092 deaths · 3 injured · 12 eventsThe combination of abundant moisture, a low pressure system moving through the region, and cold air at the surface caused an ice storm to occur over Northwest Tennessee. Most of the precipitation fell in the form of freezing rain.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 18 to 20, 20242 deaths · 16 eventsLight wintry mix including light freezing rain and snow, combined with the re-freeze of snowmelt, led to significant travel hazards for motorists on wet roads and interstates the night of Jan 18th. A light snow then followed during the day and evening.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 12 to 13, 20101 death · 15 injured · 39 eventsAs an upper level low pressure system moved across Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours on Sunday, December 12th through, Monday, December 13th, enough moisture was available across the mid state to produce a widespread snowfall accumulation event across the entire…
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 3 to 4, 20221 death · $180,000 · 15 eventsAn arctic front slowly pushed across the Mid-South on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. This front edged south into northeast Mississippi by 12 am Thursday, February 3, 2022, and then stalled.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 24 to 26, 20101 death · 4 injured · 38 eventsA surface cold front moved eastward across Middle Tennessee from the evening hours on Friday, December 24th through the early morning hours on Saturday, December 25th.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 7 to 8, 20131 death · $145,000 · 12 eventsMoisture overrunning a stalled frontal boundary created widespread freezing rain across the northwestern half of Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on December 7 into the morning of December 8.
• Winter Storm and Flooding in Tennessee, February 20 to 21, 2015$63 million · 29 eventsAn historic winter storm struck Middle Tennessee just 2 days after a widespread snowfall and only 4 days after another major winter storm affected the area. Light snow moved into the area during the afternoon hours on February 20.
• Winter Weather and Cold in Tennessee, January 20 to 21, 20111 death · 2 injured · 21 eventsThe combination of a strong arctic cold front and an upper level disturbance produced light snow across much of the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of January 20th, 2011. The snow began to taper off during the evening hours.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 26, 20111 death · 36 eventsA broad upper level trough moved across Middle Tennessee during the morning hours on Wednesday, January 26th. Low level moisture spread across Middle Tennessee during this time period also.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 7, 20111 death · 1 injured · 20 eventsA low pressure system tracked northeast from Northwest Louisiana into Northeast Mississippi during the early morning hours into the early afternoon of February 7, 2011.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 14 to 15, 20241 death · 21 eventsA major winter storm impacted the Mid-South on January 14-15, 2024. Transportation was greatly affected. Snow spread across the Mid-South during the afternoon hours on January 14th as an upper jet intensified across the region in advance of a potent upper trough.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, November 13, 20141 death · 2 injured · 1 eventA light sleet and snow band moved through the Memphis area before sunrise on November 13th, 2014. The band pushed east well before the morning commute started. Since temperatures were below freezing, a couple of hundredths accumulated on bridges and overpasses.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Tennessee, February 23 to 24, 20221 death · 15 eventsA cold front sagged southward through the Mid-South on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, eventually stalling across central Mississippi by Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Cold air gradually deepened across northern sections of the Mid-South.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 20091 death · 1 injured · $10,000 · 3 eventsA cold airmass was in place across Middle Tennessee as moisture associated with a strong surface low off the South Carolina coast, which moved north into Virgina during the early morning hours on December 19th, ushered in snowfall across the northern Cumberland Plateau region.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, December 25 to 26, 20121 death · 9 eventsA powerful upper level low pressure system tracked across the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley the night of December 25th, 2012 into the morning of December 26th, 2012. The system brought snow and gusty winds to much of West Tennessee.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Tennessee, February 20 to 21, 20151 death · 6 eventsA winter storm paralyzed travel across many parts of north Alabama and southern Tennessee on the afternoon and evening of the 20th. Snow and some sleet began during the late morning and early afternoon depositing one half to one and one half inches of snowfall.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, March 17, 20051 death · 3 eventsPeriods of light snow produced a dusting of snow, mainly 1/4 inch or less, across Franklin County. The snow accumulations were confined mainly to grassy areas.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 19, 20241 death · 1 eventAfter a major winter storm impacted Middle Tennessee earlier in the week, a trailing weak system then brought another round of wintry weather to the area on January 18 and 19, 2024.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 17 to 18, 200913 injured · 2 eventsA light freezing rain and drizzle event occurred across portions of the Cumberland Plateau during the late evening hours on the 17th and the early morning hours of the 18th.

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.