Dover, TN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DOVER 1 W, TN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Dover has an annual average temperature of 58.6°F with about 54.8 inches of precipitation per year and 3.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 27.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (6.03 in) and September the driest (3.56 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
Best time to visit Dover
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →20 of 366 (5.5%) of Dover's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 21 | |
| 1900s | 47 | |
| 1910s | 59 | |
| 1920s | 42 | |
| 1930s | 46 | |
| 1940s | 24 | |
| 1950s | 42 | |
| 1960s | 16 | |
| 1970s | 10 | |
| 1980s | 16 | |
| 1990s | 7 | |
| 2000s | 8 | |
| 2010s | 19 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46.0°F | 27.4°F | 36.7°F | 4.19 in | 1.3 in | 9 |
| February | 50.8°F | 30.4°F | 40.6°F | 4.82 in | 1.3 in | 8 |
| March | 60.4°F | 38.4°F | 49.4°F | 5.24 in | 0.4 in | 10 |
| April | 70.3°F | 47.1°F | 58.7°F | 5.66 in | — | 10 |
| May | 77.4°F | 56.9°F | 67.2°F | 6.03 in | — | 10 |
| June | 84.4°F | 65.5°F | 74.9°F | 4.53 in | — | 8 |
| July | 87.8°F | 69.0°F | 78.4°F | 4.32 in | — | 8 |
| August | 87.7°F | 67.7°F | 77.7°F | 3.77 in | — | 7 |
| September | 81.9°F | 59.9°F | 70.9°F | 3.56 in | — | 7 |
| October | 70.8°F | 47.7°F | 59.2°F | 3.82 in | — | 7 |
| November | 59.6°F | 38.1°F | 48.9°F | 4.26 in | 0.1 in | 8 |
| December | 49.7°F | 31.2°F | 40.4°F | 4.60 in | 0.7 in | 9 |
Climate twins of Dover
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).