Blountville, TN Climate


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Blountville, TN has a temperate climate with comfortable temperatures throughout the year. Summers are warm and humid, with average highs in the mid-80s and lows in the low 60s. Winters are mild, with average highs in the upper 40s and lows in the upper 20s. Rainfall is fairly moderate year round, with an average of approximately 45 inches per year. Snowfall is also moderate, usually totaling between 5 to 8 inches each season. Blountville enjoys four distinct seasons each year with ample opportunity for outdoor activities all year long.

Blountville, Tennessee gets 43 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Blountville averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 203 sunny days per year in Blountville. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Blountville gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 136 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 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 25
Rain: averages 43 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

8.3 Summer - 5.8 Winter
September, May and June are the most pleasant months in Blountville, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 Blountville with an average high temperature of 86.2°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Tennessee. In Blountville, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Blountville are May, September and June.
In Blountville, there are 17.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Tennessee.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Blountville with an average of 25.2°. This is colder than most places in Tennessee.
In Blountville, there are 95.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Tennessee.
In Blountville, there are 0.7 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Tennessee.
The humidity is usually acceptable in Blountville but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. July, August and June are the three most uncomfortably humid months in Blountville.
July is the wettest month in Blountville with 5.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 43.0 inches in Blountville means that it is one of the driest places in Tennessee.
March is the rainiest month in Blountville with 12.6 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.6 rainy days. There are 135.8 rainy days annually in Blountville, which is one of the rainiest places in Tennessee. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 11.2 inches in Blountville means that it is one of the snowiest places in Tennessee. January is the snowiest month in Blountville with 4.3 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Over 18 years ago

My wife and I had lived in Upstate New York (snow-belt)for many years and then Key Largo, Florida for 5 years. East Tennessee is the best of both worlds: 1" to 5" of  More

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