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
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
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
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
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 95 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 12.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 128 mm | +7 mm |
| Mar | 19.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 147 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 23.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 141 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 218 mm | +108 mm |
| Jun | 30.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 175 mm | +84 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 88 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 47 mm | -37 mm |
| Sep | 29.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 90 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 22.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 88 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 17.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 86 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 72 mm | -47 mm |
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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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