Camden, Tennessee climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Camden's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 51.6 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.6°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,312 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCamden
- Station IDUSC00401352
- Location36.05°N 88.08°W
- Elevation423 ft (129 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population3,692
On October 23, the normal high in Camden is 71°F and the normal low 45°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Camden.
- Jan 49° 28°
- Feb 54° 32°
- Mar 63° 39°
- Apr 72° 48°
- May 79° 58°
- Jun 86° 66°
- Jul 90° 70°
- Aug 90° 68°
- Sep 84° 60°
- Oct 73° 48°
- Nov 61° 38°
- Dec 52° 33°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Camden each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.40 in), the least in September (3.43 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 28°F | 38.5°F | 4.10 | 1.0 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 32°F | 42.8°F | 4.41 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 39°F | 50.8°F | 4.50 | 0.6 | 11 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 48°F | 60.1°F | 4.39 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 58°F | 68.5°F | 5.40 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 66°F | 76.2°F | 4.57 | 0.0 | 9 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 90°F | 70°F | 79.8°F | 4.05 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 90°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 3.82 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 60°F | 72.0°F | 3.43 | 0.0 | 6 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 48°F | 60.7°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 38°F | 49.7°F | 4.02 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 33°F | 42.1°F | 4.82 | 0.3 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 49°F | 60.0°F | 51.64 | 2.7 | 107 | 50 | 80 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.6°C | 104 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 12°C | 0°C | 6.0°C | 112 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 114 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 137 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 24.6°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 21°C | 26.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 16°C | 22.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 15.9°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 122 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00401352; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Camden?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00401352.
When is the last frost in Camden?
In Camden, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 3 in half of years and after April 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 19 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 31 year in 10 after April 17; 9 in 10 after March 16
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 19; 9 in 10 before November 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 214 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 239 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 20 in half of springs and before November 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camden in zone 7b in ZIP code 38320, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Camden's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (18 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Tennessee · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00401352; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Camden?
In a normal year in Camden, 50 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 80 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 50a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 80a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00401352.
How sunny is Camden?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Camden, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and February the cloudiest (63%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 67% | 2.3 |
| February | 63% | 2.8 |
| March | 68% | 3.9 |
| April | 74% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 82% | 5.7 |
| September | 81% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.6 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 65% | 2.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Camden need?
A normal year in Camden brings 3,526 heating degree days, 34% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,732 cooling degree days, 91% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,857 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 823 | 0 |
| February | 622 | 1 |
| March | 449 | 10 |
| April | 198 | 50 |
| May | 50 | 157 |
| June | 2 | 339 |
| July | 0 | 459 |
| August | 0 | 428 |
| September | 20 | 230 |
| October | 186 | 53 |
| November | 463 | 4 |
| December | 712 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,526 | 1,732 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00401352. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Camden's climate compare?
Camden is warmer than 98 of the other 115 places with their own NOAA record in Tennessee, and wetter than 14. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 60.0°F is warmer than 75%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Camden is Cfa: temperate, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Camden share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- New Johnsonville, TN1,840 people · 7 mi E
- Bruceton, TN1,520 people · 9 mi W
- Eva, TN123 people · 4 mi E
- Holladay, TN34 people · 13 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Camden's climate
What is the coldest month in Camden?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 70°F at night).
Does it snow in Camden?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Camden?
May, with 5.40 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is September with 3.43 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Camden in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Camden in zone 7b in ZIP code 38320, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Camden's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Camden?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 3; in one year in ten it comes after April 17. Waiting until April 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Tennessee climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Big Sandy, TN12 miles from this station, 59.3°F a year
- Huntingdon, TN19 miles from this station, 59.1°F a year
- Waverly, TN19 miles from this station, 58.9°F a year
- Paris, TN20 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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