All-time weather records — Oak Ridge, TN

Record high
105.1°F
July 28, 1952
Record low
-17.0°F
January 21, 1985
Wettest day
7.45 in
August 10, 1960

Climate change signal in Oak Ridge

11.2%

of Oak Ridge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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 #
1940s
6
7
1950s
85
53
1960s
23
71
1970s
16
78
1980s
51
87
1990s
63
33
2000s
52
11
2010s
56
22
2020s
14
4

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 1948, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1948-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 22, 1999 -17.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 4.10 in — Jan 15, 1954
February 81.0°F — Feb 23, 2023 -13.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 4.65 in — Feb 23, 2019
March 87.1°F — Mar 25, 2007 1.0°F — Mar 3, 1980 3.75 in — Mar 16, 1973
April 91.9°F — Apr 26, 1986 19.9°F — Apr 1, 1987 5.43 in — Apr 4, 1977
May 93.9°F — May 30, 2011 30.0°F — May 4, 1976 4.40 in — May 27, 1973
June 104.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 39.0°F — Jun 8, 1977 3.54 in — Jun 23, 1969
July 105.1°F — Jul 28, 1952 48.9°F — Jul 2, 1988 4.76 in — Jul 31, 1996
August 102.9°F — Aug 22, 1983 50.0°F — Aug 8, 1989 7.45 in — Aug 10, 1960
September 102.0°F — Sep 5, 1954 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1967 6.89 in — Sep 5, 2011
October 93.9°F — Oct 3, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 30, 1952 2.64 in — Oct 25, 2010
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 2016 0.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.98 in — Nov 27, 1973
December 78.1°F — Dec 4, 1982 -7.1°F — Dec 25, 1983 4.89 in — Dec 4, 1993

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