Livingston, Tennessee climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Livingston's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 53.5 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.1°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 31°C, 1,358 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLivingston Radio WLIV
- Station IDUSC00405332
- Location36.38°N 85.34°W
- Elevation975 ft (297 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population4,100
On October 14, the normal high in Livingston is 72°F and the normal low 46°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Livingston.
- Jan 47° 27°
- Feb 51° 30°
- Mar 60° 36°
- Apr 70° 44°
- May 77° 54°
- Jun 84° 62°
- Jul 87° 66°
- Aug 87° 65°
- Sep 81° 58°
- Oct 71° 45°
- Nov 60° 36°
- Dec 50° 31°
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 Livingston each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in December (5.48 in), the least in October (2.90 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F | 27°F | 36.9°F | 4.70 | 0.3 | 8 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 51°F | 30°F | 40.2°F | 4.66 | 1.5 | 7 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 60°F | 36°F | 47.7°F | 4.97 | 0.4 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 70°F | 44°F | 57.0°F | 4.81 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 54°F | 65.4°F | 4.74 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 62°F | 73.0°F | 4.75 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 87°F | 66°F | 76.6°F | 4.62 | 0.0 | 9 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 87°F | 65°F | 75.7°F | 4.25 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 58°F | 69.7°F | 3.87 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 71°F | 45°F | 58.2°F | 2.90 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 36°F | 47.8°F | 3.70 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 31°F | 40.4°F | 5.48 | 0.1 | 9 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 69°F | 46°F | 57.4°F | 53.45 | 2.3 | 100 | 28 | 90 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −3°C | 2.7°C | 119 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 11°C | −1°C | 4.6°C | 118 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 15°C | 2°C | 8.7°C | 126 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 21°C | 7°C | 13.9°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 19°C | 24.8°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 15°C | 20.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 7°C | 14.6°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 10°C | −1°C | 4.7°C | 139 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00405332; 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 Livingston?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00405332.
When is the last frost in Livingston?
In Livingston, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 12 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 121 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after March 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 251 year in 10 before October 12; 9 in 10 before November 6
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 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Livingston in zone 7a in ZIP code 38570, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Livingston's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°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 USC00405332; 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 Livingston?
In a normal year in Livingston, 28 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 90 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 100 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 28a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 90a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 100a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1961) is 108°F, on July 12, 1980; the lowest is −25°F, on January 21, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 73.45 in; the snowiest season is 1977–78, with 38.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00405332; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00405332. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Livingston?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Livingston, 4.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 2.2 |
| February | 62% | 2.7 |
| March | 66% | 3.9 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 5.7 |
| June | 80% | 6.3 |
| July | 79% | 6.0 |
| August | 80% | 5.6 |
| September | 78% | 4.7 |
| October | 75% | 3.6 |
| November | 73% | 2.6 |
| December | 63% | 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 Livingston need?
A normal year in Livingston brings 4,019 heating degree days, 25% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,277 cooling degree days, 41% 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 4,178 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 873 | 0 |
| February | 694 | 1 |
| March | 539 | 4 |
| April | 264 | 24 |
| May | 90 | 101 |
| June | 7 | 247 |
| July | 0 | 360 |
| August | 1 | 333 |
| September | 32 | 174 |
| October | 240 | 31 |
| November | 518 | 3 |
| December | 763 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,019 | 1,277 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00405332. 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 Livingston been warmer than normal lately?
Over 30 complete years from 1963 to 2019, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 7.0°F per century (+0.39°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Livingston's climate compare?
Livingston is warmer than 31 of the other 115 places with their own NOAA record in Tennessee, and wetter than 23. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.4°F is warmer than 68%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Livingston 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 Livingston share this climate record?
2 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.
- Celina, TN1,424 people · 15 mi NW
- Hilham, TN317 people · 6 mi W
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 Livingston's climate
What is the coldest month in Livingston?
January, with a normal high of 47°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow in Livingston?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (1.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Livingston?
December, with 5.48 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 2.90 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Livingston in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Livingston in zone 7a in ZIP code 38570, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Livingston's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Livingston?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 12; 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
- Monterey, TN16 miles from this station, 56.4°F a year
- Gainesboro, TN18 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Byrdstown, TN18 miles from this station, 56.8°F a year
- Cookeville, TN21 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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