Cleveland, Tennessee climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cleveland's normal year runs from 29°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 57.6 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.3°C, January lows of −1°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,464 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCleveland Filter Plant
- Station IDUSC00401808
- Location35.22°N 84.79°W
- Elevation842 ft (257 m)
- Population50,232
On October 14, the normal high in Cleveland is 74°F and the normal low 48°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cleveland.
- Jan 50° 29°
- Feb 55° 33°
- Mar 63° 39°
- Apr 72° 47°
- May 80° 56°
- Jun 86° 64°
- Jul 89° 68°
- Aug 88° 67°
- Sep 83° 60°
- Oct 73° 48°
- Nov 61° 37°
- Dec 53° 32°
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 Cleveland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in March (5.56 in), the least in October (3.52 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 29°F | 39.7°F | 5.20 | 0.2 | 13 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 33°F | 43.6°F | 4.88 | 0.6 | 13 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 39°F | 50.8°F | 5.56 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 72°F | 47°F | 59.5°F | 5.01 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 80°F | 56°F | 67.5°F | 4.58 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 64°F | 75.1°F | 4.90 | 0.0 | 13 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 68°F | 78.4°F | 5.14 | 0.0 | 13 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 88°F | 67°F | 77.6°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 10 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 60°F | 71.6°F | 4.67 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 48°F | 60.3°F | 3.52 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 37°F | 49.0°F | 4.85 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 32°F | 42.4°F | 5.47 | 0.3 | 14 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 48°F | 59.6°F | 57.62 | 1.1 | 140 | 36 | 80 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −1°C | 4.3°C | 132 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 124 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 141 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 15.3°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 23.9°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 25.8°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 19°C | 25.3°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 16°C | 22.0°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 9°C | 15.7°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | 0°C | 5.8°C | 139 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00401808; 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 Cleveland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00401808.
When is the last frost in Cleveland?
In Cleveland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 6 in half of years and after April 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 30 in half of years and before October 18 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 61 year in 10 after April 21; 9 in 10 after March 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 18; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 206 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 228 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 26 in half of springs and before November 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cleveland in zone 7b across its 2 ZIP code areas (7b in 37312, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cleveland's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (27 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 USC00401808; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Cleveland ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Cleveland's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 7b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Cleveland?
In a normal year in Cleveland, 36 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 80 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 140 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 36a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 80a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 140a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1955) is 105°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −16°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 79.86 in; the snowiest season is 1969–70, with 14.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00401808; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00401808. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cleveland?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cleveland, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (79%) and February the cloudiest (63%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 330th (with 21 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 67% | 2.4 |
| February | 63% | 2.9 |
| March | 68% | 4.0 |
| April | 75% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.9 |
| June | 79% | 6.3 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.8 |
| November | 75% | 2.8 |
| December | 65% | 2.1 |
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 Cleveland need?
A normal year in Cleveland brings 3,474 heating degree days, 35% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,542 cooling degree days, 70% 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 4,636 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 784 | 0 |
| February | 600 | 1 |
| March | 448 | 6 |
| April | 198 | 34 |
| May | 54 | 133 |
| June | 3 | 304 |
| July | 0 | 415 |
| August | 0 | 391 |
| September | 17 | 214 |
| October | 186 | 40 |
| November | 483 | 4 |
| December | 702 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,474 | 1,542 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00401808. 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.
Has Cleveland been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 61.1°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 59.6°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.9°F | +0.3°F | 64.49 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 59.5°F | −0.1°F | 58.51 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 60.6°F | +1.0°F | 53.28 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 61.1°F | +1.5°F | 52.90 | 0.0 |
Over 51 complete years from 1959 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.4°F per century (+0.24°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00401808; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cleveland's climate compare?
Cleveland is warmer than 90 of the other 115 places with their own NOAA record in Tennessee, and wetter than 76. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.6°F is warmer than 74%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cleveland 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 Cleveland share this climate record?
8 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.
- South Cleveland, TN7,748 people · 10 mi SW
- Wildwood Lake, TN3,490 people · 10 mi S
- Hopewell, TN2,624 people · 7 mi W
- East Cleveland, TN2,207 people · 6 mi SW
- Benton, TN1,458 people · 8 mi E
- Charleston, TN910 people · 5 mi N
- Calhoun, TN562 people · 6 mi NE
- Ocoee, TN210 people · 8 mi SE
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 Cleveland's climate
What is the coldest month in Cleveland?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Cleveland?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cleveland?
March, with 5.56 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cleveland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cleveland in zone 7b across its 2 ZIP code areas (7b in 37312, the largest). By the same method at Cleveland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 9°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Cleveland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 6; in one year in ten it comes after April 21. Waiting until April 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Cleveland in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Tennessee climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Athens, TN19 miles from this station, 58.8°F a year
- Dayton, TN21 miles from this station, 58.4°F a year
- Soddy-Daisy, TN25 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Chattanooga, TN27 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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