All-time weather records — Gatlinburg, TN

Record high
106.0°F
June 29, 1936
Record low
-18.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
5.34 in
July 26, 1943

Climate change signal in Gatlinburg

4.1%

of Gatlinburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1920s
44
16
1930s
53
29
1940s
76
68
1950s
64
73
1960s
26
52
1970s
22
56
1980s
21
33
1990s
17
21
2000s
21
9
2010s
14
7
2020s
8
2

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1922, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1921-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 21, 1937 -18.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.50 in — Jan 7, 2009
February 84.9°F — Feb 24, 1996 -13.0°F — Feb 18, 1958 3.22 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 86.0°F — Mar 15, 1973 -6.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.48 in — Mar 26, 1965
April 93.0°F — Apr 24, 1925 16.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 3.18 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 98.1°F — May 22, 1941 26.1°F — May 9, 1947 3.50 in — May 6, 2003
June 106.0°F — Jun 29, 1936 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.59 in — Jun 30, 1966
July 105.1°F — Jul 28, 1952 43.0°F — Jul 4, 1988 5.34 in — Jul 26, 1943
August 100.0°F — Aug 13, 1925 39.9°F — Aug 7, 1950 4.12 in — Aug 18, 2021
September 102.0°F — Sep 5, 1925 27.0°F — Sep 29, 1942 4.50 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 93.9°F — Oct 6, 1941 15.1°F — Oct 21, 1952 3.45 in — Oct 31, 1949
November 84.9°F — Nov 2, 1961 1.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.32 in — Nov 11, 2009
December 80.1°F — Dec 12, 1946 -11.9°F — Dec 13, 1962 3.10 in — Dec 5, 1993

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Gatlinburg.