Colonial Heights, TN Climate


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Colonial Heights, TN has a humid continental climate characterized by hot summers and cold winters. The average temperature throughout the year is around 55°F with temperatures peaking in July at an average of 80°F and dropping to an average of 33°F in January. The city gets around 48 inches of precipitation per year with most of it falling during the summer months from April to October. Snowfall in Colonial Heights is minimal, averaging around 2 inches in total for the entire year.

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

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

On average, there are 199 sunny days per year in Colonial Heights. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Colonial Heights 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 Colonial Heights is 7.5 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Tennessee.

8.2 Summer - 5.9 Winter
September, May and June are the most pleasant months in Colonial Heights, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateColonial Heights, TennesseeUnited States
  42.8 in.38.1 in.
  11.0 in.27.8 in.
  135.9 days106.2 days
  199 days205 days
  86.3°85.8°
  25.3°21.7°
  7.57
  4.44.3
  1437 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 Colonial Heights with an average high temperature of 86.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Tennessee. In Colonial Heights, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Colonial Heights are May, September and June.
In Colonial Heights, there are 18.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Tennessee.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Colonial Heights with an average of 25.3°. This is colder than most places in Tennessee.
In Colonial Heights, there are 95.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Tennessee.
In Colonial Heights, there are 0.6 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 Colonial Heights 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 Colonial Heights.
July is the wettest month in Colonial Heights with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.8 inches in Colonial Heights means that it is one of the driest places in Tennessee.
March is the rainiest month in Colonial Heights with 12.6 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 8.6 rainy days. There are 135.9 rainy days annually in Colonial Heights, 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 11.0 inches in Colonial Heights means that it is one of the snowiest places in Tennessee. January is the snowiest month in Colonial Heights with 4.2 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Colonial Heights is an area of Sullivan County between Kingsport & Gray, TN. The City of Kingsport has been trying to annex as much of Colonial Heights as it can. Most  More

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