Gallatin climate — normals and trends
Gallatin (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,245 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Gallatin averages 61 frost days, 67 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Gallatin has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 68 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -26.3 °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
GallatinTennessee
- coords
- 36.39°, -86.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
20.0°C
Average daily low
10.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,245mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
61 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
67 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
22.2 cm
Average feels-like high
19.6 °C
Average feels-like low
8.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
73 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °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
41.6 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-26.3 °C
24 January 1963
Wettest day
129 mm
27 September 2024
Windiest day
43.1 km/h
3 March 2023
Strongest gust
114.5 km/h
28 March 1977
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
26.7 cm
22 March 1968
Sunniest day
14.1 h
23 June 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 101 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 11.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 175 mm | +58 mm |
| Mar | 19.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 148 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 22.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 173 mm | +56 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 190 mm | +76 mm |
| Jun | 29.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 174 mm | +85 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 92 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 21 mm | -62 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 133 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 22.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 112 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 16.0 °C | +1.7 °C | 84 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 10.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 65 mm | -51 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gallatin?
Gallatin has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 1,245 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gallatin?
The hottest day measured in Gallatin between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gallatin?
The coldest day measured in Gallatin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1963, at -26.3 °C.
Does it snow in Gallatin?
Yes. Gallatin gets on average 22.2 cm of snow per year and has around 61 frost days.
Has the climate of Gallatin warmed?
Yes: Gallatin warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gallatin?
The wettest day measured in Gallatin between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 2024, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gallatin?
The windiest day measured in Gallatin between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2023, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gallatin?
The warmest month in Gallatin is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Gallatin?
Gallatin receives on average 1,245 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gallatin?
Gallatin gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gallatin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gallatin between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1968, with 26.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gallatin?
Yes: Gallatin has on average 73 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gallatin?
In Gallatin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 24 January 1963.
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