Average Annual Snowfall in Tennessee
The tables below give yearly averages for snowfall at cities and towns in Tennessee. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).
The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Eastern, Middle and Western Tennessee.
Eastern Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | Athens | 3.6 | 9.1 |
| 8.8 | Bristol | 9.2 | 23.4 |
| 2.4 | Chattanooga | 3.6 | 9.1 |
| 0.9 | Cleveland | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| 11.4 | Crossville | 14.1 | 35.8 |
| 1.2 | Dayton | 1.6 | 4.1 |
| 5.8 | Gatlinburg | 7.7 | 19.6 |
| 6.0 | Greeneville | 7.7 | 19.6 |
| 2.6 | Kingsport | 5.1 | 13.0 |
| 4.0 | Knoxville | 4.6 | 11.7 |
| 9.1 | Morristown | 10.2 | 25.9 |
| 5.1 | Mountain City | 12.0 | 30.5 |
| 3.3 | Oak Ridge | 4.4 | 11.2 |
| 2.5 | Oneida | 5.5 | 14.0 |
| 1.9 | Sevierville | 3.6 | 9.1 |
Middle Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Cheatham Lake Dam | 1.3 | 3.3 |
| 0.5 | Clarksville | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 0.9 | Columbia | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| 4.9 | Cookeville | 6.1 | 15.5 |
| 2.3 | Dover | 3.8 | 9.7 |
| 3.6 | Monteagle | 5.4 | 13.7 |
| 2.1 | Murfreesboro | 2.2 | 5.6 |
| 5.5 | Nashville | 4.7 | 11.9 |
| 1.0 | Shelbyville | 1.1 | 2.8 |
| 2.7 | Tullahoma | 2.8 | 7.1 |
Western Tennessee
| Days | Place | Inches | Centimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Jackson | 2.7 | 6.9 |
| 2.3 | Martin | 3.1 | 7.9 |
| 2.6 | Memphis | 2.7 | 6.9 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.