Average Annual Precipitation for Tennessee
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at cities and towns in Tennessee.
Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives in a year. Most locations also have information on the number of days with wet weather. That includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.
The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Middle and Western Tennessee.
Eastern Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | Bristol | 41.0 | 1042 |
| 120 | Chattanooga | 52.5 | 1333 |
| 137 | Crossville | 55.1 | 1399 |
| 124 | Dayton | 55.5 | 1410 |
| 150 | Gatlinburg | 55.3 | 1404 |
| 130 | Greeneville | 42.8 | 1086 |
| 137 | Kingsport | 43.1 | 1093 |
| 125 | Knoxville | 47.9 | 1216 |
| – | Lookout Mountain | 54.8 | 1392 |
| 116 | Mountain City | 46.3 | 1175 |
| – | Mousetail Landing Park | 55.8 | 1416 |
| 128 | Oak Ridge | 55.5 | 1409 |
| 124 | Oneida | 53.9 | 1369 |
Middle Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | Cheatham Lake Dam | 50.3 | 1277 |
| 128 | Clarksville | 51.0 | 1295 |
| 118 | Columbia | 55.4 | 1408 |
| 129 | Cookeville | 56.0 | 1422 |
| 97 | Dover | 52.7 | 1338 |
| 129 | Monteagle | 62.7 | 1593 |
| 119 | Murfreesboro | 53.4 | 1357 |
| 119 | Nashville | 47.3 | 1200 |
| 120 | Shelbyville | 56.3 | 1430 |
Western Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Dyersburg | 51.0 | 1296 |
| 113 | Jackson | 54.2 | 1375 |
| 115 | Martin | 52.8 | 1341 |
| 108 | Memphis | 53.7 | 1363 |
| 116 | Savannah | 58.2 | 1477 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. NOAA's 1981-2010 Climate Normals.