Murfreesboro, Tennessee climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Murfreesboro's normal year runs from 28°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 55.9 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.9°C, January lows of −2°C, July highs of 32°C, 1,420 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMurfreesboro (5 mi N)
- Station IDUSC00406371
- Location35.92°N 86.37°W
- Elevation535 ft (163 m)
- Population168,387
On October 23, the normal high in Murfreesboro is 70°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 32%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Murfreesboro.
- Jan 48° 28°
- Feb 53° 30°
- Mar 61° 37°
- Apr 71° 46°
- May 79° 55°
- Jun 86° 64°
- Jul 89° 68°
- Aug 89° 67°
- Sep 84° 59°
- Oct 73° 47°
- Nov 61° 37°
- Dec 51° 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 Murfreesboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.68 in), the least in October (3.46 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 28°F | 37.7°F | 4.66 | 0.8 | 12 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 53°F | 30°F | 41.4°F | 4.87 | 0.7 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 37°F | 49.1°F | 5.29 | 0.4 | 13 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 46°F | 58.3°F | 4.83 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 55°F | 67.2°F | 4.93 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 86°F | 64°F | 75.3°F | 5.68 | 0.0 | 12 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 89°F | 68°F | 78.8°F | 4.95 | 0.0 | 11 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 89°F | 67°F | 77.8°F | 3.61 | 0.0 | 10 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 84°F | 59°F | 71.6°F | 4.04 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 47°F | 59.9°F | 3.46 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 61°F | 37°F | 48.9°F | 4.06 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 51°F | 31°F | 41.2°F | 5.54 | 0.3 | 13 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 47°F | 58.9°F | 55.92 | 2.2 | 135 | 48 | 89 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −2°C | 3.2°C | 118 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 11°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 124 mm | 2 cm |
| March | 16°C | 3°C | 9.5°C | 134 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 22°C | 8°C | 14.6°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 19.6°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 18°C | 24.1°C | 144 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 20°C | 26.0°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 32°C | 19°C | 25.4°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 15°C | 22.0°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 8°C | 15.5°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 11°C | −1°C | 5.1°C | 141 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00406371; 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 Murfreesboro?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, 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 USC00406371.
When is the last frost in Murfreesboro?
In Murfreesboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 9 in half of years and after April 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 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 91 year in 10 after April 26; 9 in 10 after March 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 202 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 227 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 28 in half of springs and before November 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Murfreesboro in zone 7b across its 5 ZIP code areas (7b in 37129, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Murfreesboro's NOAA station is in zone 7b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (30 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 USC00406371; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Murfreesboro ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Murfreesboro's 5 ZIP code areas are all in zone 7b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Murfreesboro?
In a normal year in Murfreesboro, 48 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 89 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 135 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 48a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 89a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 135a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1890) is 109°F, on August 16, 1954; the lowest is −19°F, on January 26, 1940.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1994, with 72.93 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 24.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00406371; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00406371. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Murfreesboro?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Murfreesboro, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (80%) and February the cloudiest (63%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 304th (with 25 others) in sunshine.
| 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 much heating and cooling does Murfreesboro need?
A normal year in Murfreesboro brings 3,765 heating degree days, 30% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,582 cooling degree days, 74% 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 4,607 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 847 | 0 |
| February | 660 | 1 |
| March | 497 | 5 |
| April | 235 | 34 |
| May | 67 | 133 |
| June | 4 | 313 |
| July | 0 | 428 |
| August | 1 | 397 |
| September | 24 | 220 |
| October | 204 | 46 |
| November | 489 | 5 |
| December | 740 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 3,765 | 1,582 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00406371. 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 Murfreesboro been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 59.6°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 58.9°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59.1°F | +0.2°F | 70.69 | – |
| 2022 | 58.6°F | −0.3°F | 59.35 | – |
| 2023 | 60.0°F | +1.1°F | 51.06 | 0.3 |
| 2025 | 59.6°F | +0.7°F | 61.17 | 0.6 |
Over 116 complete years from 1884 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.1°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00406371; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Murfreesboro's climate compare?
Murfreesboro is warmer than 72 of the other 115 places with their own NOAA record in Tennessee, and wetter than 54. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 58.9°F is warmer than 72%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro 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.
- Greenvale, TN127 people · 11 mi NE
- Walterhill, TN119 people · 3 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 Murfreesboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Murfreesboro?
January, with a normal high of 48°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Murfreesboro?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Murfreesboro?
June, with 5.68 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is October with 3.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Murfreesboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Murfreesboro in zone 7b across its 5 ZIP code areas (7b in 37129, the largest). By the same method at Murfreesboro's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 7°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 7b.
How late can frost come in Murfreesboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 9; in one year in ten it comes after April 26. Waiting until April 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Murfreesboro in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Tennessee climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Gladeville, TN11 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Smyrna, TN11 miles from this station, 57.9°F a year
- Christiana, TN16 miles from this station, 57.2°F a year
- Woodbury, TN17 miles from this station, 58.4°F a year
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