Cookeville Metro Area, TN Climate

The climate in Cookeville, TN Metro Area is generally mild and temperate. Summers are hot and humid with temperatures averaging around 85°F, while winters are cold but not too extreme with average low temperatures reaching around 32°F. Rainfall is abundant throughout the year, with an average of 46 inches a year. The area also experiences occasional snowfall during the winter months. Spring and autumn are generally pleasant times of the year, when temperatures hover around 60°F - 70°F.

Cookeville Metro Area, Tennessee gets 54 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Cookeville Metro Area averages 7 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 Cookeville Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Cookeville Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 116 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 87 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 26
Rain: averages 54 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 7 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

7.6 Summer - 6 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the Cookeville metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Cookeville, Tennessee	United States
	54.1 in.	38.1 in.
	6.6 in.	27.8 in.
	115.9 days	106.2 days
	208 days	205 days
	87.0°	85.8°
	25.7°	21.7°
	7.4	7
	4.5	4.3
	1044 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 the Cookeville metro area with an average high temperature of 87.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Tennessee. In the Cookeville metro area, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Cookeville metro area are May, September and June.

In the Cookeville metro area, there are 24.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Tennessee.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Cookeville metro area with an average of 25.7°. This is colder than most places in Tennessee.

In the Cookeville metro area, there are 91.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Tennessee.

In the Cookeville metro area, 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 the Cookeville metro area 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 the Cookeville metro area.

May is the wettest month in the Cookeville metro area with 5.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 3.2 inches. The wettest season is Spring with 27% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 54.1 inches in the Cookeville metro area means that it is about average compared to other places in Tennessee.

May is the rainiest month in the Cookeville metro area with 11.3 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 7.4 rainy days. There are 115.9 rainy days annually in the Cookeville metro area, which is about average compared to other places in Tennessee. The rainiest season is Summer 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 6.6 inches in the Cookeville metro area means that it is snowier than most places in Tennessee. January is the snowiest month in the Cookeville metro area with 2.4 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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