Ardmore, TN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ardmore's primary NOAA station, ARDMORE.
The climate verdict for Ardmore
Water is the standout signal in Ardmore, Tennessee: 55.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 62°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 55.7"
- precipitation, annual total
- 219 days
- frost-free growing season
Ardmore: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00400235 · Ardmore, TN 62°F mean · 55.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ada
- PRCP-WET 55.7"
- SWING-MID 40°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00400235
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ada, OK (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TN station list.
- Ardmore (this station) 62°F
- Hot Dark Canyon Road, NM 62°F
- Near Ada, OK 62°F
- Near Belhaven, NC 62°F
- Near Chico Univ Farm, CA 62°F
Climate Living Index · Ardmore
Ardmore: 67/100 · grade C
Ardmore publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ardmore, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 61.6°F · 5.9° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 219 days/year | 77/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 108 calendar days | 72/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 55.7 in · 20.7 from 35 in | 26/100 · F |
Ardmore · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ardmore is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 40.9°F and warmest-month mean 80.5°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.5°F
- Coldest month
- 40.9°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Ardmore sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ardmore's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Ardmore sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Ardmore's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 34th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ardmore compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ardmore's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.8" | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 5.4" | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 5.4" | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 5.1" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| June | 88°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 4.9" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 16.2 |
| September | 85°F (30°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 9.1 |
| October | 76°F (25°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.2" | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 4.0" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 7.0" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Ardmore works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 26 and hold at or above 90°F on 53 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 55 dates, bottoming at 30°F around January 15.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 2 through August 23, covering 53 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 29 to November 2.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 12, then returns to freezing around December 20, covering 55 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
October 30 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ardmore.
Where Ardmore Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 56 inches.
Ardmore earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Ardmore spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 31%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Ardmore has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 7.0" and October 3.2". The three wettest months together take 32% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
219 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,061
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,861
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TN closest to Ardmore on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (62°F here).
- Ada, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Belhaven, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Haleyville, AL 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Keiser, AR 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cuthbert, GA 55.7" · 0.0" off
- Hope, AR 55.7" · 0.0" off
- Clayton, AL 55.6" · 0.0" off
- Helena, AL 55.6" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ardmore's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · wet · mid swing
Water is prominent even though neither heating nor cooling wholly defines the record. Ardmore averages 55.7 inches of precipitation a year. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly table supplies the seasonal distribution hidden by that annual total.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Ardmore's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 39.6°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Ardmore's normal, at 3,061 and 1,861 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 219-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ardmore's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Ardmore, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Ardmore's primary station: ARDMORE (USC00400235). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4701640). Match rule for Ardmore: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Ardmore comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.