Shelby Bottoms Nature, TN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Shelby Bottoms Nature's primary NOAA station, SHELBY BOTTOMS NATURE.
The climate verdict for Shelby Bottoms Nature
Water is the standout signal in Shelby Bottoms Nature, Tennessee: 53.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 59°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 59°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 53.2"
- yearly precipitation total
- 213 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Shelby Bottoms Nature: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00408238 · Shelby Bottoms Nature, TN 59°F mean · 53.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,009
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Snow Hill
- PRCP-WET 53.2"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,648 HDD
- STN-1 USC00408238
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Snow Hill, MD (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TN station list.
- Shelby Bottoms… (this station) 59°F
- Cold Louisburg, NC 59°F
- Hot Roswell Climat, NM 59°F
- Near Snow Hill, MD 59°F
- Near Morton, TX 59°F
Climate Living Index · Shelby Bottoms Nature
Shelby Bottoms Nature: 71/100 · grade B
Shelby Bottoms Nature publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Shelby Bottoms Nature, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 66 calendar days | 87/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.3°F · 8.2° from 67.5°F | 74/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 213 days/year | 74/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 53.2 in · 18.2 from 35 in | 35/100 · F |
Shelby Bottoms Nature · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Shelby Bottoms Nature is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 37.8°F and warmest-month mean 78.6°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 78.6°F
- Coldest month
- 37.8°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Shelby Bottoms Nature sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Shelby Bottoms Nature's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 27% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Shelby Bottoms Nature sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 13% wettest
- Shelby Bottoms Nature's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 39th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Shelby Bottoms Nature compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Shelby Bottoms Nature's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.7" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 4.6" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 62°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.4" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 72°F (22°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 4.8" | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| May | 80°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| June | 87°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 10.3 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 16.9 |
| August | 89°F (31°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.8" | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| November | 62°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 3.8" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 51°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.3" | 17.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 66 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 27°F near January 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 18, then returns to freezing around December 15, covering 66 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
October 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Shelby Bottoms Nature.
Where Shelby Bottoms Nature Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 53 inches.
Shelby Bottoms Nature earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Shelby Bottoms Nature spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 23% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Shelby Bottoms Nature has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: March averages 5.4" and August 3.7". The three wettest months together take 29% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 31
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
213 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,648
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,587
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TN closest to Shelby Bottoms Nature on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (59°F here).
- Abernathy, TX 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Coldwater, KS 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Colfax, CA 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Las Cruces, NM 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (53.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ashdown, AR 53.2" · 0.0" off
- Vero Beach, FL 53.3" · 0.0" off
- Mullins, SC 53.2" · 0.0" off
- Glen St Mary, FL 53.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Shelby Bottoms Nature's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Shelby Bottoms Nature's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,648 annual heating degree days against 1,587 for cooling. Its 40.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Shelby Bottoms Nature's frost-free season lasts about 213 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Shelby Bottoms Nature's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.8°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Shelby Bottoms Nature carries 53.2 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Shelby Bottoms Nature's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Shelby Bottoms Nature, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Shelby Bottoms Nature's primary station: SHELBY BOTTOMS NATURE (USC00408238). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Shelby Bottoms Nature; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Shelby Bottoms Nature comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.