Zip 37879 (Tazewell, TN) Climate

37879 Tazewell, TN has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and mild winters. Average temperatures range from 40°F in January to 82°F in July. Precipitation is plentiful in the area with an annual average of 42 inches per year. Summers tend to be warm and humid, with occasional heavy rain. Winters are generally mild and wet, although snow does occasionally occur during the winter months.

Tazewell (zip 37879), Tennessee gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Tazewell (zip 37879) averages 11 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 205 sunny days per year in Tazewell (zip 37879). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Tazewell (zip 37879) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 138 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 25
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 11 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 37879 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Tennessee.

7.7 Summer - 5.8 Winter

September, May and October are the most pleasant months in the 37879 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Tazewell, Tennessee	United States
	48.8 in.	38.1 in.
	11.4 in.	27.8 in.
	137.7 days	106.2 days
	205 days	205 days
	86.9°	85.8°
	24.5°	21.7°
	7.2	7
	4.7	4.3
	1355 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 37879 zip code with an average high temperature of 86.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Tennessee. In the 37879 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 37879 zip code are May, September and June.

In the 37879 zip code, there are 21.1 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 37879 zip code with an average of 24.5°. This is one of the coldest places in Tennessee.

In the 37879 zip code, there are 104.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Tennessee.

In the 37879 zip code, there are 1.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Tennessee.

The humidity can be uncomfortably heavy or close in the 37879 zip code 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 37879 zip code.

July is the wettest month in the 37879 zip code with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.6 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 27% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Winter, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 48.8 inches in the 37879 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Tennessee.

March is the rainiest month in the 37879 zip code with 13.3 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 8.7 rainy days. There are 137.7 rainy days annually in the 37879 zip code, 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 11.4 inches in the 37879 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Tennessee. February is the snowiest month in the 37879 zip code with 3.7 inches of snow, and 4 months of the year have significant snowfall.