Cookeville climate — normals and trends
Cookeville (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,304 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Cookeville averages 62 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Cookeville has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 70 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.2 °C (on 27 July 1952) and the coldest -30.0 °C (on 24 January 1963).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CookevilleTennessee
- coords
- 36.16°, -85.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.4°C
Average daily high
19.6°C
Average daily low
9.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,304mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
62 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
28.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.0 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
62 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.2 °C
27 July 1952
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
24 January 1963
Wettest day
116 mm
4 April 1977
Windiest day
43.7 km/h
12 January 2024
Strongest gust
121.0 km/h
10 March 1952
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
21 August 1983
Coldest feels-like
-35.6 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
19.1 cm
13 March 1993
Sunniest day
14.2 h
19 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.3 °C | -1.9 °C | 97 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 12.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 166 mm | +44 mm |
| Mar | 18.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 126 mm | -10 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 118 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 23.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 194 mm | +79 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 191 mm | +93 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 98 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 112 mm | +22 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 147 mm | +58 mm |
| Oct | 21.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 117 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 96 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 10.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 76 mm | -45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cookeville?
Cookeville has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,304 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cookeville?
The hottest day measured in Cookeville between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1952, reaching 40.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cookeville?
The coldest day measured in Cookeville between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1963, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Cookeville?
Yes. Cookeville gets on average 28.2 cm of snow per year and has around 62 frost days.
Has the climate of Cookeville warmed?
Yes: Cookeville warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cookeville?
The wettest day measured in Cookeville between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1977, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cookeville?
The windiest day measured in Cookeville between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2024, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cookeville?
The warmest month in Cookeville is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Cookeville?
Cookeville receives on average 1,304 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cookeville?
Cookeville gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cookeville?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cookeville between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1993, with 19.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cookeville?
Yes: Cookeville has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cookeville?
In Cookeville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 21 August 1983, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 24 January 1963.
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