Mountain City, TN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MTN CITY 2, TN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Mountain City has an annual average temperature of 53.4°F with about 47.2 inches of precipitation per year and 12 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 23.0°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.15 in) and October the driest (2.81 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →64 of 366 (17.5%) of Mountain City'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.
| 1950s | 12 | |
| 1960s | 64 | |
| 1970s | 41 | |
| 1980s | 27 | |
| 1990s | 55 | |
| 2000s | 63 | |
| 2010s | 82 | |
| 2020s | 22 |
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 | 45.5°F | 23.0°F | 34.2°F | 3.74 in | 3.4 in | 9 |
| February | 48.8°F | 25.4°F | 37.1°F | 3.36 in | 5.0 in | 9 |
| March | 56.7°F | 31.3°F | 44.0°F | 4.09 in | 1.1 in | 10 |
| April | 66.8°F | 39.2°F | 53.0°F | 4.33 in | 0.1 in | 10 |
| May | 73.9°F | 48.6°F | 61.3°F | 5.15 in | — | 12 |
| June | 79.9°F | 56.4°F | 68.1°F | 4.48 in | — | 12 |
| July | 82.0°F | 60.4°F | 71.2°F | 5.03 in | — | 12 |
| August | 81.4°F | 59.2°F | 70.3°F | 4.16 in | — | 10 |
| September | 76.9°F | 52.5°F | 64.7°F | 3.26 in | — | 8 |
| October | 68.2°F | 40.9°F | 54.5°F | 2.81 in | — | 7 |
| November | 58.0°F | 31.2°F | 44.6°F | 2.89 in | 0.4 in | 7 |
| December | 48.9°F | 26.3°F | 37.6°F | 3.89 in | 2.0 in | 9 |
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