Rocky Top, TN Climate

Rocky Top, TN is known for its temperate climate, with generally mild winters and warm summers. During the winter months, temperatures can drop to freezing or even below at times, but it rarely snows in the area. The summers are hot and humid, with temperatures often reaching into the 90s and 100s during the hottest days of the year. Rainfall is relatively consistent throughout the year, with higher levels of precipitation during spring and summer months than during winter and fall.

Climate	Rocky Top, Tennessee	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.