Lynchburg, Tennessee climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Lynchburg's normal year runs from 27°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 62.3 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.5°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,581 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLynchburg
- Station IDUSC00405525
- Location35.30°N 86.36°W
- Elevation810 ft (247 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Lynchburg is 71°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 Lynchburg.
- Jan 49° 27°
- Feb 53° 29°
- Mar 62° 36°
- Apr 71° 43°
- May 79° 53°
- Jun 86° 62°
- Jul 89° 66°
- Aug 89° 64°
- Sep 83° 58°
- Oct 73° 45°
- Nov 61° 35°
- Dec 52° 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 at Lynchburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 27°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.76 in), the least in October (3.55 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 27°F | 37.8°F | 5.45 | 0.3 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 29°F | 40.9°F | 5.21 | 0.6 | 12 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 36°F | 48.8°F | 6.14 | 0.5 | 12 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 43°F | 57.2°F | 5.59 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 4 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 53°F | 66.3°F | 5.25 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 62°F | 74.2°F | 5.55 | 0.0 | 11 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 66°F | 77.7°F | 4.74 | 0.0 | 12 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 64°F | 76.4°F | 4.63 | 0.0 | 10 | 15 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 83°F | 58°F | 70.4°F | 4.61 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 45°F | 58.9°F | 3.55 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 35°F | 47.8°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 15 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 52°F | 29°F | 40.4°F | 6.76 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 46°F | 58.1°F | 62.25 | 1.5 | 129 | 50 | 97 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −3°C | 3.2°C | 138 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 132 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 17°C | 2°C | 9.3°C | 156 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 22°C | 6°C | 14.0°C | 142 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 17°C | 23.4°C | 141 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 18°C | 24.7°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 14°C | 21.3°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 7°C | 14.9°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 1°C | 8.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 4.7°C | 172 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00405525; 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.
Which months are mildest at Lynchburg?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00405525.
When is the last frost at Lynchburg?
In Lynchburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 15 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 151 year in 10 after April 30; 9 in 10 after March 29
- 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 192 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 215 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 2 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lynchburg in zone 7b in ZIP code 37352, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (17 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 USC00405525; 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 at Lynchburg?
In a normal year in Lynchburg, 50 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 97 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 129 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 50a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 97a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 6high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 129a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1999) is 108°F, on June 30, 2012; the lowest is −12°F, on January 18, 2024.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 80.89 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 6.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00405525; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00405525. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Lynchburg?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Lynchburg, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (63%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 66% | 2.3 |
| February | 63% | 2.9 |
| March | 68% | 4.0 |
| April | 75% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.9 |
| June | 80% | 6.4 |
| July | 79% | 6.1 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 79% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.7 |
| November | 75% | 2.8 |
| 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Lynchburg record?
A normal year at Lynchburg brings 3,889 heating degree days, 28% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,392 cooling degree days, 53% 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 4,341 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 845 | 0 |
| February | 674 | 1 |
| March | 506 | 3 |
| April | 255 | 22 |
| May | 76 | 115 |
| June | 3 | 279 |
| July | 0 | 392 |
| August | 1 | 356 |
| September | 29 | 189 |
| October | 220 | 33 |
| November | 518 | 2 |
| December | 763 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,889 | 1,392 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00405525. 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.
Have recent years at Lynchburg been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 58.5°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 58.9°F | +0.8°F | 69.17 | – |
| 2022 | 58.1°F | at normal | 62.50 | – |
| 2023 | 59.2°F | +1.1°F | 54.90 | – |
| 2024 | 59.7°F | +1.6°F | 53.27 | 6.4 |
| 2025 | 58.5°F | +0.4°F | 61.45 | 3.0 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00405525. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lynchburg's climate compare?
Lynchburg is warmer than 49 of the 116 places with their own NOAA record in Tennessee, and wetter than 104. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.1°F is warmer than 69%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg share this climate record?
Lynchburg, Moore County 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.
- Lynchburg, Moore County, TN6,774 people · 1 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 Lynchburg's climate
What is the coldest month at Lynchburg?
January, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 27°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Lynchburg?
Yes: 2 inches 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 at Lynchburg?
December, with 6.76 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.55 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lynchburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lynchburg in zone 7b in ZIP code 37352, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come at Lynchburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 15; 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
- Tullahoma, TN9 miles from this station, 58.7°F a year
- Shelbyville, TN15 miles from this station, 59.6°F a year
- Fayetteville, TN15 miles from this station, 60.0°F a year
- Wartrace, TN18 miles from this station, 56.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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