Tennessee, Precipitation Rankings, January 1950 1901-2000 Inches 1 12.94 4.89 8.05 128 2 1986 1937 1949 1937 top-tenth 2 18.35 9.83 8.52 127 2 1986 1937 1949 1937 top-tenth 3 19.62 13.89 5.73 118 11 1914 1949 1948 1949 top-tenth 4 25.95 16.96 8.99 125 4 1940 1937 1948 1949 top-tenth 5 28.01 20.36 7.65 120 9 1940 1937 1948 1949 top-tenth 6 32.45 24.21 8.24 121 8 1940 1916 1948 1949 top-tenth 7 38.22 28.60 9.62 125 4 1940 1916 1949 1937 top-tenth 8 45.00 32.90 12.10 128 1 1931 1950 1949 1950 highest 9 48.89 37.32 11.57 125 4 1914 1916 1949 1916 top-tenth 10 52.79 41.82 10.97 123 6 1931 1974 1949 1950 top-tenth 11 58.47 47.26 11.21 124 5 1931 1974 1949 1950 top-tenth 12 62.00 51.73 10.27 117 12 1931 1974 1948 1949 top-tenth 18 94.49 75.95 18.54 125 3 1942 1974 1949 1950 top-tenth 24 124.22 103.51 20.71 121 7 1942 2020 1949 1950 top-tenth 36 164.36 155.17 9.19 94 33 1944 2021 1949 1947 top-third 48 218.52 206.83 11.69 91 35 1944 2022 1949 1930 top-third 60 280.22 258.39 21.83 102 23 1944 2023 1949 1950 top-third