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United States / Tennessee / Cookeville Metro Area / Putnam County / Baxter / Zip Codes
Baxter, TN has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and mild winters. The area is prone to thunderstorms in the summer months with average precipitation of about 50 inches per year. July is typically the warmest month in Baxter with an average high of 88°F and an average low of 66°F. January is usually the coldest month with an average high of 51°F and an average low of 33°F.

Baxter, Tennessee gets 55 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Baxter averages 5 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 208 sunny days per year in Baxter. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Baxter gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 128 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 88 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 55 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 5 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Baxter is 7.4 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Tennessee.

7.5 Summer - 6.1 Winter
September, May and October are the most pleasant months in Baxter, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateBaxter, TennesseeUnited States
  54.8 in.38.1 in.
  5.4 in.27.8 in.
  127.7 days106.2 days
  208 days205 days
  87.7°85.8°
  25.8°21.7°
  7.47
  4.34.3
  1027 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Baxter with an average high temperature of 87.7°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Tennessee. In Baxter, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Baxter are May, September and October.
In Baxter, there are 27.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Tennessee.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Baxter with an average of 25.8°. This is colder than most places in Tennessee.
In Baxter, there are 94.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Tennessee.
In Baxter, there are 0.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Tennessee.
The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in Baxter during the summer months. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most humid months in Baxter.
December is the wettest month in Baxter with 5.6 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 3.2 inches. The wettest season is Spring with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 54.8 inches in Baxter means that it is wetter than most places in Tennessee.
December is the rainiest month in Baxter with 12.1 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.3 rainy days. There are 127.7 rainy days annually in Baxter, which is rainier than most places in Tennessee. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 5.4 inches in Baxter means that it is snowier than most places in Tennessee. February is the snowiest month in Baxter with 2.3 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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