Nashville, Arkansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Nashville's normal year runs from 32°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 55.0 inches of precipitation and 3 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.3°C, January lows of 0°C, July highs of 34°C, 1,396 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNashville
- Station IDUSC00035112
- Location33.93°N 93.85°W
- Elevation400 ft (122 m)
- Population3,984
On October 23, the normal high in Nashville is 74°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Nashville.
- Jan 54° 32°
- Feb 59° 35°
- Mar 67° 42°
- Apr 75° 50°
- May 82° 60°
- Jun 89° 68°
- Jul 93° 71°
- Aug 94° 70°
- Sep 88° 64°
- Oct 77° 51°
- Nov 65° 41°
- Dec 56° 34°
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 Nashville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 32°F. The most precipitation falls in May (6.15 in), the least in August (3.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 32°F | 42.9°F | 3.95 | 1.2 | 10 | <1 | 19 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 59°F | 35°F | 46.7°F | 4.24 | 1.0 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 42°F | 54.3°F | 5.05 | 0.1 | 11 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 50°F | 62.1°F | 5.74 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 60°F | 70.8°F | 6.15 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 68°F | 78.6°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 93°F | 71°F | 82.4°F | 4.10 | 0.0 | 8 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 94°F | 70°F | 82.1°F | 3.18 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 88°F | 64°F | 75.7°F | 3.74 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 77°F | 51°F | 64.3°F | 5.02 | 0.0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 41°F | 53.1°F | 4.44 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 56°F | 34°F | 45.3°F | 5.12 | 0.3 | 10 | <1 | 16 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 52°F | 63.2°F | 54.97 | 2.6 | 107 | 81 | 64 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 100 mm | 3 cm |
| February | 15°C | 2°C | 8.2°C | 108 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 24°C | 10°C | 16.7°C | 146 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 156 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 20°C | 25.9°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 22°C | 28.0°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 27.8°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 18°C | 24.3°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 25°C | 11°C | 17.9°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 18°C | 5°C | 11.7°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.4°C | 130 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00035112; 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 Nashville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October 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 USC00035112.
When is the last frost in Nashville?
In Nashville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 26 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 9 in half of years and before October 26 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
- March 261 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after March 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 91 year in 10 before October 26; 9 in 10 before November 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 227 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 254 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 10 in half of springs and before November 21 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Nashville in zone 8a in ZIP code 71852, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Nashville's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arkansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00035112; 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 Nashville?
In a normal year in Nashville, 81 days a year reach 90°F (11 of them 100°F or more), 64 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 81a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 64a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1899) is 113°F, on August 5, 2011; the lowest is −14°F, on February 16, 2021.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1957, with 88.93 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 14.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00035112; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00035112. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Nashville?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Nashville, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (84%) and February the cloudiest (64%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.6 |
| February | 64% | 3.0 |
| March | 70% | 4.2 |
| April | 75% | 5.3 |
| May | 76% | 5.8 |
| June | 82% | 6.5 |
| July | 83% | 6.3 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 82% | 5.0 |
| October | 79% | 4.0 |
| November | 75% | 2.9 |
| December | 70% | 2.4 |
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 Nashville need?
A normal year in Nashville brings 2,822 heating degree days, 47% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,195 cooling degree days, 2.4 times 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 5,614 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 688 | 1 |
| February | 513 | 2 |
| March | 345 | 14 |
| April | 143 | 56 |
| May | 24 | 202 |
| June | 0 | 410 |
| July | 0 | 539 |
| August | 0 | 530 |
| September | 8 | 329 |
| October | 117 | 95 |
| November | 371 | 13 |
| December | 612 | 3 |
| Year (annual) | 2,822 | 2,195 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00035112. 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 Nashville been warmer than normal lately?
2023 averaged 64.2°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.2°F. 1 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.0°F | −0.2°F | 56.02 | 12.2 |
| 2022 | 63.0°F | −0.2°F | 50.44 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 64.2°F | +1.0°F | 67.05 | 0.0 |
Over 68 complete years from 1941 to 2023, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.3°F per century (−0.02°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00035112; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Nashville's climate compare?
Nashville is warmer than 76 of the other 85 places with their own NOAA record in Arkansas, and wetter than 66. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.2°F is warmer than 83%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Nashville 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 Nashville share this climate record?
6 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.
- Mineral Springs, AR1,045 people · 5 mi SW
- Dierks, AR877 people · 16 mi NW
- Tollette, AR183 people · 8 mi S
- Center Point, AR70 people · 9 mi NW
- Ozan, AR46 people · 9 mi SE
- Saratoga, AR16 people · 13 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 Nashville's climate
What is the coldest month in Nashville?
January, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 32°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 71°F at night).
Does it snow in Nashville?
Yes: 3 inches in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (1.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Nashville?
May, with 6.15 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 3.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Nashville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Nashville in zone 8a in ZIP code 71852, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Nashville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in Nashville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 26; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arkansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Murfreesboro, AR14 miles from this station, 60.1°F a year
- Hope, AR23 miles from this station, 62.4°F a year
- Ashdown, AR25 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Prescott, AR27 miles from this station, 61.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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