Mount Carmel, TN Climate


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Mount Carmel, TN has a humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are hot and humid, with temperatures reaching into the 90s during the day and overnight lows in the 70s. Spring and fall are mild with temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to mid-80s. Winter is cold with temperatures dropping down into the low 30s at night and highs often not climbing above 50 degrees. There is plenty of rain throughout the year, although summers tend to be a bit drier than other times of year. Snowfall is light but can occur occasionally during the winter months.

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

Mount Carmel averages 10 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 200 sunny days per year in Mount Carmel. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mount Carmel gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 124 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 10 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateMount Carmel, TennesseeUnited States
  42.9 in.38.1 in.
  9.7 in.27.8 in.
  123.8 days106.2 days
  200 days205 days
  86.2°85.8°
  25.3°21.7°
  7.57
  4.84.3
  1365 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 Mount Carmel with an average high temperature of 86.2°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Tennessee. In Mount Carmel, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Mount Carmel are May, September and June.
In Mount Carmel, there are 17.0 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Tennessee.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Mount Carmel with an average of 25.3°. This is colder than most places in Tennessee.
In Mount Carmel, there are 93.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Tennessee.
In Mount Carmel, 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 Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel.
July is the wettest month in Mount Carmel with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 42.9 inches in Mount Carmel means that it is one of the driest places in Tennessee.
July is the rainiest month in Mount Carmel with 11.5 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.9 rainy days. There are 123.8 rainy days annually in Mount Carmel, which is rainier than most 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 9.7 inches in Mount Carmel means that it is one of the snowiest places in Tennessee. January is the snowiest month in Mount Carmel with 4.1 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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