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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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Tennessee

Average Temperature Rankings, April 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1981 1-Month	62.8°F (17.1°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	5.2°F (2.9°C)	124th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1907
				5th Warmest	Warmest since: 1954	1896
Mar–Apr 1981 2-Month	54.2°F (12.3°C)	53.1°F (11.7°C)	1.1°F (0.6°C)	88th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1960
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1896, 1907, 1994, 2022
Feb–Apr 1981 3-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1958
				58th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1973, 2008
Jan–Apr 1981 4-Month	45.2°F (7.3°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	48th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1959
Dec 1980–Apr 1981 5-Month	43.9°F (6.6°C)	44.5°F (6.9°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 2015
Nov 1980–Apr 1981 6-Month	44.4°F (6.9°C)	45.0°F (7.2°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1902
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1920, 1942, 1956, 1962, 2003
Oct 1980–Apr 1981 7-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	47.0°F (8.3°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				99th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1961, 1971, 1988, 2015
Sep 1980–Apr 1981 8-Month	49.4°F (9.7°C)	49.9°F (9.9°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	39th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				89th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1912, 1947, 1962, 1966, 1971
Aug 1980–Apr 1981 9-Month	52.8°F (11.6°C)	52.8°F (11.6°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1910, 1928, 1930, 1956, 2009
Jul 1980–Apr 1981 10-Month	55.6°F (13.1°C)	55.3°F (12.9°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1913, 1919, 1933, 1945
Jun 1980–Apr 1981 11-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	56.9°F (13.8°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				57th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1948
May 1980–Apr 1981 12-Month	57.9°F (14.4°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1977
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 2004
Nov 1979–Apr 1981 18-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	53.5°F (11.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1903, 1940, 1994
May 1979–Apr 1981 24-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	23rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1978
				104th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1902, 1983, 1997
May 1978–Apr 1981 36-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	18th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1979
				108th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2018
	Ties: 1905, 1918, 1919, 1965
May 1977–Apr 1981 48-Month	56.8°F (13.8°C)	57.7°F (14.3°C)	-0.9°F (-0.5°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1980
				116th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2019, 2020
	Ties: 1905, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1982
May 1976–Apr 1981 60-Month	56.2°F (13.4°C)	57.6°F (14.2°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	1st Coolest	Coolest since: 1981	1981
				123rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2020

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/