All-time weather records — Lenoir City, TN

Record high
106.0°F
July 1, 2012
Record low
-14.1°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
6.12 in
September 18, 2012

Climate change signal in Lenoir City

18.9%

of Lenoir City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (69 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 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 #
1960s
32
124
1970s
38
101
1980s
65
65
1990s
54
24
2000s
65
14
2010s
92
30
2020s
20
8

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 1962, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1962-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 1, 2022 -14.1°F — Jan 21, 1985 2.98 in — Jan 3, 2020
February 80.1°F — Feb 22, 2018 -7.1°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.21 in — Feb 6, 2020
March 84.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 1.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 4.87 in — Mar 12, 1963
April 91.0°F — Apr 11, 1995 23.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 4.07 in — Apr 13, 2020
May 95.0°F — May 8, 1983 32.0°F — May 4, 1971 3.21 in — May 3, 1984
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 2.50 in — Jun 5, 2016
July 106.0°F — Jul 1, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 7, 1972 4.00 in — Jul 7, 2005
August 104.0°F — Aug 24, 2007 48.0°F — Aug 29, 1968 3.07 in — Aug 7, 1992
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 2011 26.1°F — Sep 12, 2001 6.12 in — Sep 18, 2012
October 97.0°F — Oct 3, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 27, 1962 3.20 in — Oct 19, 2011
November 91.0°F — Nov 17, 2016 10.9°F — Nov 30, 1976 3.73 in — Nov 28, 1973
December 77.0°F — Dec 4, 1982 -5.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 3.76 in — Dec 5, 1993

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