All-time weather records — Townsend, TN

Record high
99.0°F
July 8, 2010
Record low
-5.1°F
February 20, 2015
Wettest day
5.57 in
September 6, 2011

Climate change signal in Townsend

31.7%

of Townsend's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (116 of 366 records since 2015).

29.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (109 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 #
1990s
12
10
2000s
104
172
2010s
205
130
2020s
45
54

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 1999, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1999-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 31, 2002 -4.0°F — Jan 7, 2014 3.41 in — Jan 7, 2009
February 79.0°F — Feb 24, 2023 -5.1°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.85 in — Feb 23, 2022
March 84.0°F — Mar 24, 2026 8.1°F — Mar 13, 2022 2.56 in — Mar 10, 2011
April 88.0°F — Apr 7, 2010 1.0°F — Apr 9, 2007 2.86 in — Apr 5, 2011
May 87.1°F — May 31, 2011 27.0°F — May 6, 2025 3.50 in — May 6, 2003
June 96.1°F — Jun 23, 2010 42.1°F — Jun 2, 2025 3.05 in — Jun 29, 2000
July 99.0°F — Jul 8, 2010 48.0°F — Jul 31, 2014 3.20 in — Jul 15, 2015
August 99.0°F — Aug 14, 2010 37.0°F — Aug 28, 2011 3.84 in — Aug 18, 2021
September 95.0°F — Sep 2, 2010 33.1°F — Sep 27, 2001 5.57 in — Sep 6, 2011
October 89.1°F — Oct 4, 2019 24.1°F — Oct 15, 2000 2.55 in — Oct 4, 2021
November 86.0°F — Nov 13, 2004 12.0°F — Nov 19, 2014 3.14 in — Nov 11, 2009
December 75.0°F — Dec 28, 2015 1.9°F — Dec 15, 2010 2.80 in — Dec 26, 2015

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