Tazewell, TN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Tazewell's primary NOAA station, TAZEWELL.
The climate verdict for Tazewell
Water is the standout signal in Tazewell, Tennessee: 54.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 54.7"
- annual precipitation · 8" snow
- 179 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Tazewell: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00408868 · Tazewell, TN 54°F mean · 54.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ RD Bailey Lake
- PRCP-WET 54.7"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,786 HDD
- STN-1 USC00408868
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: RD Bailey Lake, WV (+ 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.
- Tazewell (this station) 54°F
- Hot Mosquero, NM 54°F
- Near RD Bailey Lake, WV 54°F
- Near Sperryville, VA 54°F
- Near Painted Desert…, AZ 54°F
Climate Living Index · Tazewell
Tazewell: 52/100 · grade D
Tazewell publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tazewell, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 7.9 inches/year | 66/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 132 calendar days | 58/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.2°F · 13.3° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 179 days/year | 49/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 54.7 in · 19.7 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
Tazewell · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Tazewell is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 33.3°F and warmest-month mean 74.0°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
- 74.0°F
- Coldest month
- 33.3°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 Tazewell sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tazewell's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 11% wettest
- Tazewell'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 Tazewell compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Tazewell's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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
Tazewell's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 48 complete annual observations from 1967 to 2025, TAZEWELL warmed at a fitted rate of 0.29°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Tazewell primary station fitted change +0.29 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 4.7" | 2.6" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 5.1" | 3.0" | 20.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 5.3" | 0.6" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 5.3" | 0.1" | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 5.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| October | 69°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 0.1" | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.8" | 0.1" | 18.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 5.3" | 1.4" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 132 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 19, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 132 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 24, when 48% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 8 at 31%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 152 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tazewell.
Where Tazewell Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 55 inches.
Tazewell 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 and snowfall
Snow: 2.6"
13.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.0"
13.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
14.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
12.9 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
10.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
14.5 days with precipitation
Tazewell spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Tazewell has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.3" and October 3.1". 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.
When it rains in Tazewell, it arrives in quantity
54.7" of precipitation falls across only about 151 wet days here, averaging 0.36 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 151 a year, 41% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 10
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Tazewell, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 7.9 inches of snow a year here, most likely in February. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 7 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
179 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,786
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
893
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TN closest to Tazewell 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 (54°F here).
- Atchison, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Boston, VA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Glennville, CA 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Kim, CO 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (54.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Clatskanie, OR 54.7" · 0.0" off
- Southport, NC 54.6" · 0.0" off
- Plymouth, NC 54.6" · 0.1" off
- Troy, AL 54.6" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Tazewell's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Tazewell's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,786 annual heating degree days against 893 for cooling. Its 40.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Tazewell's frost-free season lasts about 179 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 Tazewell's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.7°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Tazewell carries 54.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 7.9 inches. 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 Tazewell'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 Tazewell, 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 Tazewell's primary station: TAZEWELL (USC00408868). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4773120). Match rule for Tazewell: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Tazewell 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.