Kingston Springs, Tennessee climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Kingston Springs's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 50.5 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 15.0°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 33°C, 1,284 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKingston Springs
- Station IDUSC00404876
- Location36.10°N 87.12°W
- Elevation517 ft (158 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population2,769
On October 23, the normal high in Kingston Springs is 72°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 30%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kingston Springs.
- Jan 50° 27°
- Feb 54° 29°
- Mar 63° 36°
- Apr 73° 44°
- May 81° 54°
- Jun 88° 63°
- Jul 91° 67°
- Aug 91° 65°
- Sep 85° 58°
- Oct 75° 45°
- Nov 63° 35°
- Dec 53° 29°
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 Kingston Springs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.43 in), the least in August (3.32 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 27°F | 38.1°F | 3.91 | 0.2 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 54°F | 29°F | 41.4°F | 4.19 | 0.8 | 11 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 63°F | 36°F | 49.6°F | 4.84 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 44°F | 58.8°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 81°F | 54°F | 67.4°F | 5.43 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 88°F | 63°F | 75.3°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 91°F | 67°F | 79.0°F | 4.36 | 0.0 | 11 | 17 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 91°F | 65°F | 78.0°F | 3.32 | 0.0 | 8 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 85°F | 58°F | 71.5°F | 3.92 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 45°F | 59.9°F | 3.43 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 63°F | 35°F | 48.7°F | 3.61 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 53°F | 29°F | 40.9°F | 4.80 | 0.4 | 12 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 46°F | 59.0°F | 50.55 | 1.4 | 125 | 51 | 96 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −3°C | 3.4°C | 99 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 12°C | −2°C | 5.2°C | 106 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 2°C | 9.8°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 23°C | 7°C | 14.9°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 12°C | 19.7°C | 138 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 17°C | 24.1°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 20°C | 26.1°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 14°C | 21.9°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 7°C | 15.5°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 2°C | 9.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 4.9°C | 122 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00404876; 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 Kingston Springs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October 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 USC00404876.
When is the last frost in Kingston Springs?
In Kingston Springs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 13 in half of years and after April 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 25 in half of years and before October 12 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 131 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after March 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 195 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 217 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 1 in half of springs and before November 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kingston Springs in zone 7b in ZIP code 37082. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Kingston Springs's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (19 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 USC00404876; 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 Kingston Springs?
In a normal year in Kingston Springs, 51 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 96 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 125 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 51a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 96a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 125a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 109°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −30°F, on January 24, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 72.05 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 30.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00404876; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00404876. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Kingston Springs?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Kingston Springs, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (81%) and February the cloudiest (63%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 66% | 2.2 |
| February | 63% | 2.8 |
| March | 67% | 3.9 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 81% | 6.4 |
| July | 81% | 6.2 |
| August | 81% | 5.6 |
| September | 80% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.6 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 64% | 1.9 |
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 Kingston Springs need?
A normal year in Kingston Springs brings 3,749 heating degree days, 30% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,613 cooling degree days, 78% 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 4,643 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 834 | 0 |
| February | 663 | 1 |
| March | 486 | 8 |
| April | 227 | 39 |
| May | 66 | 142 |
| June | 4 | 313 |
| July | 0 | 434 |
| August | 1 | 405 |
| September | 25 | 220 |
| October | 205 | 45 |
| November | 494 | 5 |
| December | 746 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,749 | 1,613 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00404876. 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 Kingston Springs's climate compare?
Kingston Springs is warmer than 76 of the other 115 places with their own NOAA record in Tennessee, and wetter than 13. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 59.0°F is warmer than 72%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kingston Springs 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 Kingston Springs share this climate record?
Pegram has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Pegram, TN2,038 people · 3 mi E
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 Kingston Springs's climate
What is the coldest month in Kingston Springs?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 67°F at night).
Does it snow in Kingston Springs?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Kingston Springs?
May, with 5.43 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.32 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kingston Springs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kingston Springs in zone 7b in ZIP code 37082. By the same method at Kingston Springs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 6°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Kingston Springs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 13; in one year in ten it comes after April 30. Waiting until April 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Tennessee climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Charlotte, TN6 miles from this station, 57.5°F a year
- Fairview, TN9 miles from this station, 58.8°F a year
- Montgomery Bell State Park, TN9 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Warner Park, TN12 miles from this station, 58.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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