Tennessee Weather Records

7 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Tennessee, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 113°F at Perryville to -32°F at Mountain City.

Maximum Temperature

Record	Date	Where	Station	Status
113°F	August 9, 1930	Perryville	407099	E1
113°F	July 29, 1930	Perryville	407099	E1

Minimum Temperature

Record	Date	Where	Station	Status
-32°F	December 30, 1917	Mountain City	406287	E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

Record	Date	Where	Station	Status
20.73 inches	August 21, 2021	McEwen	N/A	NSA

The 2021 value replaced the previous record of 13.60 inches, set at Milan (COOP ID: 406012) on 13 September 1982.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

Record	Date	Where	Station	Status
30 inches	March 14, 1993	Mount Leconte	406328	N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

Record	Date	Where	Station	Status
63 inches	March 15, 1993	Mount Leconte	406328	N1
63 inches	March 14, 1993	Mount Leconte	406328	N1

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.