Average Snowfall for Tennessee in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and towns in Tennessee. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are 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

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.7 Athens 1.0 2.5
2.8 Bristol 3.0 7.6
0.7 Chattanooga 1.0 2.5
0.3 Cleveland 0.2 0.5
4.1 Crossville 3.5 8.9
0.4 Dayton 0.3 0.8
2.0 Gatlinburg 2.4 6.1
2.0 Greeneville 2.2 5.6
1.1 Kingsport 1.7 4.3
1.2 Knoxville 1.7 4.3
2.9 Morristown 3.5 8.9
1.5 Mountain City 3.4 8.6
1.2 Oak Ridge 1.8 4.6
0.7 Oneida 2.2 5.6
0.7 Sevierville 1.5 3.8

Middle Tennessee

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.4 Cheatham Lake Dam 0.2 0.5
0.3 Clarksville 0.3 0.8
0.2 Columbia 0.3 0.8
1.5 Cookeville 2.3 5.8
1.0 Dover 1.3 3.3
1.1 Monteagle 1.5 3.8
0.7 Murfreesboro 0.8 2.0
2.0 Nashville 2.0 5.1
0.2 Shelbyville 0.1 0.3
0.8 Tullahoma 0.9 2.3

Western Tennessee

Average snow for January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.6 Jackson 1.1 2.8
0.9 Martin 1.2 3.0
1.0 Memphis 0.9 2.3
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Tennessee Snowfall
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