Monteagle, Tennessee climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Monteagle's normal year runs from 26°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 67.0 inches of precipitation and 5 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.3°C, January lows of −3°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,701 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMonteagle
- Station IDUSC00406162
- Location35.22°N 85.84°W
- Elevation1,850 ft (564 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,440
On October 22, the normal high in Monteagle is 66°F and the normal low 44°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 Monteagle.
- Jan 44° 26°
- Feb 49° 30°
- Mar 57° 37°
- Apr 67° 45°
- May 74° 54°
- Jun 80° 61°
- Jul 83° 65°
- Aug 83° 64°
- Sep 78° 58°
- Oct 68° 47°
- Nov 57° 37°
- Dec 48° 30°
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 Monteagle each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in December (6.82 in), the least in October (4.09 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 26°F | 35.4°F | 5.68 | 1.5 | 13 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| February | 49°F | 30°F | 39.3°F | 5.77 | 1.9 | 12 | <1 | 17 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 57°F | 37°F | 47.1°F | 6.31 | 0.8 | 13 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 45°F | 56.0°F | 6.26 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 74°F | 54°F | 63.8°F | 5.31 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 80°F | 61°F | 70.8°F | 5.76 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 83°F | 65°F | 74.0°F | 6.40 | 0.0 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 83°F | 64°F | 73.3°F | 4.75 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 78°F | 58°F | 68.1°F | 4.59 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 47°F | 57.3°F | 4.09 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 57°F | 37°F | 46.8°F | 5.22 | 0.1 | 10 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 48°F | 30°F | 39.1°F | 6.82 | 1.1 | 13 | <1 | 19 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 46°F | 55.9°F | 66.96 | 5.4 | 139 | 6 | 83 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −3°C | 1.9°C | 144 mm | 4 cm |
| February | 9°C | −1°C | 4.1°C | 147 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 14°C | 3°C | 8.4°C | 160 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 19°C | 7°C | 13.3°C | 159 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 23°C | 12°C | 17.7°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 27°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 146 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 18°C | 23.3°C | 163 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 18°C | 22.9°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 15°C | 20.1°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 14°C | 3°C | 8.2°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 9°C | −1°C | 3.9°C | 173 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00406162; 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 Monteagle?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, July, August, 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 USC00406162.
When is the last frost in Monteagle?
In Monteagle, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 10 in half of years and after April 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 28 in half of years and before October 15 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 101 year in 10 after April 27; 9 in 10 after March 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 281 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 12
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 201 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 223 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 29 in half of springs and before November 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Monteagle in zone 7b in ZIP code 37356. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Monteagle's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (22 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 USC00406162; 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 Monteagle?
In a normal year in Monteagle, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 83 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 139 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 83a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 139a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 2a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1938) is 101°F, on July 28, 1952; the lowest is −14°F, on January 24, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2020, with 92.72 in; the snowiest season is 1959–60, with 49.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00406162; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00406162. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Monteagle?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Monteagle, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (79%) and February the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 66% | 2.3 |
| February | 62% | 2.9 |
| March | 68% | 4.0 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 5.8 |
| June | 79% | 6.3 |
| July | 78% | 6.0 |
| August | 79% | 5.5 |
| September | 78% | 4.8 |
| October | 76% | 3.7 |
| November | 74% | 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 much heating and cooling does Monteagle need?
A normal year in Monteagle brings 4,257 heating degree days, 21% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 967 cooling degree days, 7% 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 3,766 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 919 | 0 |
| February | 721 | 0 |
| March | 558 | 2 |
| April | 285 | 15 |
| May | 104 | 67 |
| June | 12 | 186 |
| July | 1 | 280 |
| August | 4 | 263 |
| September | 42 | 135 |
| October | 259 | 19 |
| November | 548 | 1 |
| December | 803 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,257 | 967 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00406162. 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 Monteagle been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 56.6°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.9°F | +1.0°F | 68.76 | 8.8 |
| 2022 | 56.2°F | +0.3°F | 64.03 | 13.9 |
| 2024 | 57.8°F | +1.9°F | 56.27 | 8.7 |
| 2025 | 56.6°F | +0.8°F | 65.05 | 5.5 |
Over 53 complete years from 1940 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.3°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00406162; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Monteagle's climate compare?
Monteagle is warmer than 12 of the other 115 places with their own NOAA record in Tennessee, and wetter than 109. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.9°F is warmer than 63%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Monteagle 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 Monteagle 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.
- Tracy City, TN1,446 people · 6 mi NE
- Pelham, TN429 people · 8 mi N
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 Monteagle's climate
What is the coldest month in Monteagle?
January, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Monteagle?
Yes: 5 inches in a normal year, falling on 4 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (1.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Monteagle?
December, with 6.82 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 4.09 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Monteagle in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Monteagle in zone 7b in ZIP code 37356. By the same method at Monteagle's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Monteagle?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 10; in one year in ten it comes after April 27. Waiting until April 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Tennessee climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Sewanee, TN4 miles from this station, 57.4°F a year
- Winchester, TN12 miles from this station, 59.2°F a year
- Coalmont, TN12 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Bridgeport, AL17 miles from this station, 58.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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