Murfreesboro climate — normals and trends

Murfreesboro (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,270 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Murfreesboro averages 58 frost days, 69 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.

Murfreesboro 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 65 to 51 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.4 °C (on 27 July 1952) and the coldest -27.0 °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

MurfreesboroTennessee

coords
35.85°, -86.39°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthOctober

Mean daily temperature

15.2°C

Average daily high

20.5°C

Average daily low

10.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,270mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

22.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

58 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

69 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

128 d/yr

Annual snowfall

18.9 cm

Average feels-like high

20.3 °C

Average feels-like low

9.0 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

71 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

41.4 °C

27 July 1952

Coldest day

-27.0 °C

24 January 1963

Wettest day

103 mm

4 April 1977

Windiest day

41.2 km/h

3 March 2023

Strongest gust

116.3 km/h

4 March 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.1 °C

29 June 2012

Coldest feels-like

-32.4 °C

20 January 1985

Snowiest day

18.1 cm

3 December 1971

Sunniest day

14.1 h

19 June 2022

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202535.6 °C17 August 2025-13.3 °C22 January 202516.3 °C1,374 mm7856
202436.8 °C29 August 2024-20.3 °C17 January 202416.6 °C1,483 mm7842
202337.1 °C25 August 2023-5.4 °C29 November 202316.9 °C1,145 mm6732
202236.8 °C22 June 2022-17.5 °C23 December 202216.1 °C1,432 mm8763
202134.4 °C28 July 2021-12.7 °C20 February 202116.1 °C1,547 mm5949
202034.7 °C17 July 2020-8.3 °C26 December 202016.2 °C1,578 mm6834
201936.4 °C3 October 2019-8.2 °C13 November 201916.7 °C1,558 mm10941
201835.4 °C4 July 2018-14.3 °C2 January 201816.1 °C1,737 mm9649
201734.7 °C21 July 2017-12.3 °C8 January 201716.7 °C1,540 mm5943
201636.3 °C16 June 2016-16.5 °C24 January 201617.0 °C1,022 mm11050
201534.9 °C4 August 2015-15.4 °C8 January 201516.2 °C1,395 mm7056
201434.4 °C27 July 2014-16.0 °C7 January 201414.6 °C1,359 mm6269
201334.3 °C12 June 2013-9.1 °C28 November 201315.0 °C1,470 mm4767
201241.1 °C29 June 2012-7.6 °C12 February 201216.8 °C1,205 mm7441
201138.8 °C3 August 2011-12.5 °C14 January 201116.1 °C1,277 mm9847
201037.3 °C4 August 2010-18.7 °C31 January 201015.4 °C1,057 mm10676
200935.6 °C27 June 2009-15.0 °C16 January 200915.3 °C1,383 mm5256
200836.1 °C21 July 2008-12.1 °C20 January 200815.3 °C1,161 mm7162
200740.3 °C15 August 2007-10.8 °C31 January 200717.1 °C755 mm11553
200636.2 °C21 July 2006-10.6 °C19 February 200616.2 °C1,083 mm8445
200535.8 °C14 August 2005-10.1 °C18 January 200515.9 °C1,074 mm8652
200433.6 °C13 July 2004-11.0 °C31 January 200415.5 °C1,676 mm3956
200333.4 °C26 August 2003-14.7 °C24 January 200314.9 °C1,508 mm3866
200235.3 °C4 June 2002-10.0 °C4 January 200215.8 °C1,212 mm8161
200133.4 °C31 July 2001-11.6 °C3 January 200115.4 °C1,315 mm4953
200037.3 °C17 August 2000-11.3 °C20 December 200015.4 °C1,127 mm7863
199938.1 °C30 July 1999-10.5 °C5 January 199916.2 °C1,042 mm7141
199835.9 °C25 June 1998-10.1 °C1 January 199816.3 °C1,188 mm9336
199736.0 °C27 July 1997-17.4 °C11 January 199714.5 °C1,502 mm4457
199634.8 °C1 July 1996-22.7 °C5 February 199614.5 °C1,559 mm5467
199536.1 °C18 August 1995-12.1 °C10 December 199515.3 °C1,208 mm6465
199433.4 °C14 August 1994-19.9 °C19 January 199415.3 °C1,619 mm4255
199336.7 °C26 July 1993-11.7 °C15 March 199314.9 °C1,265 mm7862
199234.1 °C12 July 1992-12.5 °C16 January 199214.6 °C1,188 mm3252
199135.9 °C22 July 1991-13.2 °C16 February 199115.8 °C1,376 mm8156
199037.7 °C28 August 1990-10.0 °C25 December 199016.2 °C1,386 mm7936
198934.0 °C5 August 1989-20.5 °C22 December 198914.4 °C1,563 mm4565
198838.0 °C26 June 1988-18.3 °C11 January 198814.7 °C1,049 mm8370
198736.3 °C22 August 1987-13.3 °C27 January 198715.2 °C1,028 mm8251
198636.8 °C20 July 1986-15.2 °C27 January 198615.4 °C1,187 mm8057
198534.8 °C21 July 1985-27.0 °C20 January 198514.7 °C1,301 mm6270
198434.4 °C19 June 1984-22.7 °C21 January 198414.6 °C1,356 mm5564
198337.7 °C22 August 1983-19.2 °C25 December 198314.5 °C1,334 mm7559
198233.8 °C21 July 1982-24.5 °C17 January 198215.0 °C1,364 mm5660
198138.1 °C25 June 1981-14.7 °C12 February 198114.6 °C1,088 mm5866
198039.1 °C16 July 1980-16.6 °C3 March 198014.8 °C1,073 mm8866
197934.2 °C8 August 1979-22.3 °C10 February 197914.3 °C1,503 mm3873
197835.6 °C30 July 1978-14.5 °C23 January 197814.2 °C1,149 mm7077
197737.9 °C16 July 1977-19.1 °C17 January 197715.2 °C1,328 mm8865
197635.0 °C24 July 1976-13.9 °C9 January 197614.0 °C1,196 mm3373
197533.9 °C4 September 1975-11.9 °C14 January 197515.1 °C1,436 mm5151
197434.3 °C19 July 1974-9.4 °C26 February 197415.2 °C1,350 mm4147
197334.0 °C29 August 1973-15.7 °C13 January 197315.3 °C1,487 mm5349
197233.9 °C6 June 1972-18.1 °C16 January 197214.8 °C1,307 mm5954
197135.5 °C26 June 1971-20.3 °C9 February 197115.1 °C1,112 mm6954
197035.8 °C2 July 1970-17.7 °C9 January 197014.7 °C1,175 mm7368
196935.6 °C4 July 1969-13.6 °C5 January 196914.3 °C1,081 mm7974
196836.5 °C23 August 1968-14.3 °C8 January 196814.1 °C1,011 mm6279
196734.0 °C18 June 1967-15.3 °C25 February 196714.6 °C1,100 mm3568
196637.9 °C14 July 1966-22.8 °C30 January 196614.3 °C1,031 mm6167
196535.2 °C24 July 1965-15.7 °C31 January 196515.1 °C993 mm6564
196438.0 °C4 August 1964-9.8 °C18 December 196415.2 °C1,233 mm8057
196334.8 °C9 June 1963-27.0 °C24 January 196314.4 °C1,007 mm6276
196236.6 °C19 August 1962-18.8 °C11 January 196215.0 °C1,308 mm9066
196133.8 °C30 July 1961-15.2 °C27 January 196114.6 °C1,390 mm5452
196035.7 °C6 September 1960-18.8 °C5 March 196014.0 °C1,187 mm7585
195935.3 °C30 June 1959-15.7 °C5 January 195915.3 °C1,209 mm8359
195835.2 °C13 June 1958-18.7 °C18 February 195813.9 °C1,179 mm7169
195735.5 °C3 August 1957-13.4 °C17 January 195715.5 °C1,518 mm5846
195636.7 °C18 August 1956-7.1 °C9 January 195615.7 °C1,264 mm8951
195534.9 °C8 September 1955-17.6 °C12 February 195515.2 °C1,235 mm8269
195439.2 °C13 July 1954-11.0 °C13 January 195416.0 °C967 mm10958
195338.0 °C21 June 1953-12.6 °C18 December 195315.9 °C1,029 mm9839
195241.4 °C27 July 1952-10.3 °C30 January 195215.5 °C1,081 mm8842
195137.6 °C31 August 1951-21.8 °C2 February 195115.0 °C1,549 mm8762
195035.3 °C26 June 1950-17.4 °C25 November 195014.7 °C1,536 mm2967
194934.2 °C28 July 1949-14.2 °C1 February 194915.7 °C1,466 mm6447
194836.0 °C4 July 1948-20.6 °C19 January 194815.0 °C1,515 mm7359
194738.2 °C3 August 1947-11.3 °C26 February 194714.4 °C1,031 mm7779
194634.4 °C9 August 1946-7.1 °C27 January 194615.6 °C1,219 mm3840
194536.7 °C24 July 1945-16.3 °C20 December 194515.1 °C1,279 mm7355
194436.9 °C27 June 1944-7.4 °C10 January 194415.1 °C1,281 mm7554
194338.7 °C26 August 1943-8.9 °C16 February 194314.5 °C1,028 mm7766
194236.5 °C2 August 1942-16.7 °C10 January 194214.4 °C991 mm5971
194134.3 °C1 July 1941-8.0 °C9 March 194114.6 °C932 mm6876
194033.5 °C29 July 1940-21.8 °C27 January 194013.2 °C1,390 mm3772

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
21.7 °C
+1.2 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
78 d/yr
+9
Frost days (< 0 °C)
56 d/yr
-2
Annual rainfall
1374 mm
+104 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan6.8 °C-1.3 °C95 mm-22 mm
Feb12.9 °C+2.2 °C128 mm+7 mm
Mar19.6 °C+4.1 °C147 mm+10 mm
Apr23.3 °C+2.4 °C141 mm+21 mm
May24.0 °C-1.3 °C218 mm+108 mm
Jun30.0 °C+0.4 °C175 mm+84 mm
Jul32.2 °C+1.1 °C88 mm-18 mm
Aug30.6 °C-0.1 °C47 mm-37 mm
Sep29.3 °C+1.7 °C90 mm+5 mm
Oct22.8 °C+0.9 °C88 mm+11 mm
Nov17.1 °C+2.0 °C86 mm-16 mm
Dec11.5 °C+1.5 °C72 mm-47 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
35.6 °C
17 Aug 2025
Coldest day
-13.3 °C
22 Jan 2025
Wettest day
62.2 mm
15 Mar 2025
Windiest day
38.0 km/h
4 Mar 2025
Strongest gust
116.3 km/h
4 Mar 2025
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
23 Jun 2025
Coldest feels-like
-18.3 °C
20 Jan 2025
Snowiest day
9.7 cm
10 Jan 2025
Sunniest day
14.0 h
11 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Murfreesboro?

Murfreesboro has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.2 °C and it receives 1,270 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Murfreesboro?

The hottest day measured in Murfreesboro between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1952, reaching 41.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Murfreesboro?

The coldest day measured in Murfreesboro between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1963, at -27.0 °C.

Does it snow in Murfreesboro?

Yes. Murfreesboro gets on average 18.9 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.

Has the climate of Murfreesboro warmed?

Yes: Murfreesboro warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Murfreesboro?

The wettest day measured in Murfreesboro between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1977, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Murfreesboro?

The windiest day measured in Murfreesboro between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2023, with winds reaching 41.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Murfreesboro?

The warmest month in Murfreesboro is July (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Murfreesboro?

Murfreesboro receives on average 1,270 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Murfreesboro?

Murfreesboro 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 Murfreesboro?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Murfreesboro between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1971, with 18.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Murfreesboro?

Yes: Murfreesboro has on average 71 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Murfreesboro?

In Murfreesboro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 29 June 2012, and the lowest was -32.4 °C on 20 January 1985.

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