Elizabethton, TN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Elizabethton's primary NOAA station, ELIZABETHTON.
The climate verdict for Elizabethton
Water is the standout signal in Elizabethton, Tennessee: 48.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. It scores 78/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 72% of them.
- 56°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 78/100
- comfort score, above 72% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.0"
- annual precipitation · 6" snow
- 188 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Elizabethton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00402806 · Elizabethton, TN 56°F mean · 48.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jefferson City
- PRCP-MID 48.0"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 78/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,303 HDD
- STN-1 USC00402806
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Jefferson City, TN (+ 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.
- Elizabethton (this station) 56°F
- Cold Lancing, TN 56°F
- Hot Rocky Mt, VA 56°F
- Near Jefferson City, TN 56°F
- Near Skyline, KY 56°F
Climate Living Index · Elizabethton
Elizabethton: 64/100 · grade C
Elizabethton publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Elizabethton, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 78/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 106 calendar days | 73/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 6.0 inches/year | 69/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.9°F · 11.6° from 67.5°F | 62/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 188 days/year | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 48.0 in · 13.0 from 35 in | 54/100 · D |
Elizabethton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Elizabethton is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 35.9°F and warmest-month mean 74.5°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
- 74.5°F
- Coldest month
- 35.9°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 · heating-led station
Where Elizabethton sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Elizabethton's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 63rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 24% wettest
- Elizabethton's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Elizabethton is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Elizabethton compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Elizabethton's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
78 Top 28% score exceeds 72% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.8" | 1.9" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.8" | 2.1" | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 4.0" | 0.1" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 4.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 5.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.1 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.8 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 2.8 | 0.1 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.4" | 0.1" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.9" | 1.8" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 106 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 4, then returns to freezing around November 20, covering 106 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 21, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 30 at 28%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 142 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Elizabethton.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 1.9"
12.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.1"
12.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
13.1 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
13.4 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
12.8 days with precipitation
Elizabethton spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Elizabethton has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.9" and October 2.8". 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.
How Elizabethton's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 142 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 48.0" between them, or roughly 0.34 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Snow reaches Elizabethton, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 6.0 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 4 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
188 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,303
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,008
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TN closest to Elizabethton 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 (56°F here).
- Beltsville, MD 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Chanute, KS 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Dodge City, KS 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Groveland, CA 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brenham, TX 48.0" · 0.0" off
- Vernonia, OR 48.0" · 0.0" off
- Beverly, MA 48.0" · 0.0" off
- Marblehead, MA 48.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Elizabethton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Elizabethton's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,303 annual heating degree days against 1,008 for cooling. Its 38.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Elizabethton's frost-free season lasts about 188 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Elizabethton's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.6°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Elizabethton carries 48.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 6.0 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Elizabethton's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Elizabethton, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 Elizabethton's primary station: ELIZABETHTON (USC00402806). 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 4723500). Match rule for Elizabethton: 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 Elizabethton 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.