Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 61.6°F in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, tied 5th warmest of 89 (with 2018).

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 61.6°F; Warmest since 2024; 5th warmest of 89
Precipitation: 32.93 in; Driest since 2016; 39th driest of 89

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Bristol-Johnson City, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.6°F, between 58.4°F and 61.6°F in eight years of ten and 35.18 in of precipitation, between 27.56 in and 44.09 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Bristol-Johnson City, TN since 1938: 61.6°F in 2026; the highest is 62.2°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 58.4 to 61.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Bristol-Johnson City, TN from 1937 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	61.6	5	74.6	1	48.7	31	32.93	51	0
2025	60	30	71.7	26	48.4	37	38.89	15	0
2024	61.8	3	73.8	2	49.9	8	38.18	18	0
2023	61.5	7	73.2	8	49.7	12	33.20	49	0
2022	60.7	21	72.9	11	48.5	34	35.51	34	0
2021	60.9	15	72.6	17	49.2	21	35.29	36	0
2020	60.8	18	71.6	29	50	6	48.18	2	0
2019	62.2	1	73.7	4	50.6	1	42.33	7	0
2018	61.6	5	72.8	13	50.4	2	40.21	10	0
2017	61.7	4	73.4	5	49.9	8	37.23	24	0
2016	61.2	11	73.3	7	49.1	23	26.98	82	0
2015	59.8	34	71.5	31	48.2	42	34.45	42	0
2014	58.7	61	70.9	44	46.4	77	29.07	71	0
2013	58.8	58	69.5	68	48	47	47.13	4	0
2012	61.9	2	73.8	2	50	6	40.38	9	0
2011	60.7	21	72.4	20	49	26	36.15	30	0
2010	59.6	42	71	42	48.2	42	27.57	79	0
2009	58.7	61	69.8	60	47.7	57	36.73	27	0
2008	58.9	56	71.1	37	46.6	74	28.08	75	0
2007	60.6	24	73.4	5	47.8	54	16.98	89	0
2006	59.5	45	71.1	37	47.9	49	33.02	50	0
2005	59.8	34	71.3	34	48.3	40	31.90	56	0
2004	59	54	70.1	55	47.9	49	38.04	19	0
2003	58.1	73	68.4	81	47.8	54	54.22	1	0
2002	60.8	18	73	10	48.5	34	27.45	80	0
2001	58.4	68	69.8	60	46.9	71	37.27	23	0
2000	58.8	58	70.4	53	47.3	62	31.48	62	0
1999	59.4	49	71.6	29	47.3	62	29.00	73	0
1998	60.2	29	71.1	37	49.3	18	37.03	26	0
1997	57.8	74	69.2	74	46.4	77	35.91	32	0
1996	56.8	87	67.7	86	45.8	86	40.06	11	0
1995	60.5	25	71.9	25	49.1	23	31.65	60	0
1994	58.7	61	69.8	60	47.6	59	43.75	5	0
1993	59.5	45	70.8	45	48.1	45	30.01	66	0
1992	58.4	68	69.3	70	47.6	59	29.76	69	0
1991	60.9	15	71.7	26	50.2	4	34.04	44	0
1990	61.1	12	72.2	21	49.9	8	33.48	48	0
1989	59.6	42	70	57	49.1	23	40.02	12	0
1988	58.3	71	70.6	48	46	84	23.37	88	0
1987	59.8	34	71	42	48.6	32	27.74	78	0
1986	59.7	38	71.2	35	48.2	42	25.63	86	0
1985	57.1	84	67.8	85	46.3	79	25.73	85	0
1984	56.9	86	67.5	88	46.2	83	30.49	64	0
1983	57.5	79	68.3	83	46.7	72	29.88	68	0
1982	59	54	69.6	66	48.3	40	42.81	6	0
1981	57.7	77	68.8	77	46.6	74	33.87	45	0
1980	58.5	67	69.7	64	47.2	66	27.83	77	0
1979	56.7	89	67.1	89	46.3	79	36.20	29	0
1978	56.8	87	67.7	86	45.9	85	32.65	53	0
1977	58.4	68	69.6	66	47.3	62	29.31	70	0
1976	58.9	56	70.5	50	47.3	62	29.89	67	0
1975	60	30	70.6	48	49.4	16	39.82	13	0
1974	59.6	42	69.9	59	49.4	16	37.22	25	0
1973	59.7	38	69.8	60	49.7	12	34.54	41	0
1972	58.3	71	69.3	70	47.2	66	39.47	14	0
1971	58.8	58	69.7	64	47.8	54	35.85	33	0
1970	59.5	45	71.1	37	47.9	49	26.07	84	0
1969	57.5	79	68.8	77	46.3	79	35.14	37	0
1968	57.5	79	69.3	70	45.8	86	27.22	81	0
1967	57.1	84	68.7	79	45.5	89	31.80	57	0
1966	57.7	77	68.5	80	47	69	36.09	31	0
1965	59.5	45	70.5	50	48.4	37	34.59	40	0
1964	58.6	64	70	57	47.1	68	31.39	63	0
1963	57.8	74	69.3	70	46.3	79	31.78	58	0
1962	59.9	32	70.5	50	49.3	18	35.48	35	0
1961	58.6	64	69.4	69	47.9	49	32.66	52	0
1960	58.6	64	69	76	48.1	45	31.92	55	0
1959	60.5	25	72.2	21	48.9	28	29.02	72	0
1958	57.5	79	68.2	84	46.7	72	34.87	39	0
1957	61.4	8	72.5	18	50.3	3	40.47	8	0
1956	59.1	53	70.1	55	48	47	33.84	46	0
1955	60.8	18	72.1	23	49.5	15	35.03	38	0
1954	61	13	73.2	8	48.8	30	31.78	58	0
1953	61.3	10	72.9	11	49.7	12	30.24	65	0
1952	61	13	72.7	15	49.3	18	24.56	87	0
1951	59.2	52	70.7	47	47.7	57	38.75	16	0
1950	59.7	38	70.4	53	49	26	48.02	3	0
1949	60.9	15	72	24	49.8	11	37.50	21	0
1948	59.7	38	70.8	45	48.5	34	37.57	20	0
1947	57.8	74	69.1	75	46.6	74	36.34	28	0
1946	59.8	34	71.1	37	48.6	32	33.75	47	0
1945	60.3	28	71.4	33	49.2	21	37.34	22	0
1944	60.7	21	72.5	18	48.9	28	28.76	74	0
1943	59.4	49	71.7	26	47.4	61	31.54	61	5
1942	59.3	51	71.2	35	47	69	38.50	17	8
1941	59.9	32	71.5	31	47.9	49	27.95	76	4
1940	57.3	83	68.4	81	45.6	88	32.32	54	13
1939	60.5	25	72.8	13	48.4	37	26.26	83	10
1938	61.4	8	72.7	15	50.1	5	34.31	43	1
1937									273

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	62.2
2012	61.9
2024	61.8
2017	61.7
2026	61.6
2018	61.6
2023	61.5
1957	61.4
1938	61.4
1953	61.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	56.7
1996	56.8
1978	56.8
1984	56.9
1985	57.1
1967	57.1
1940	57.3
1983	57.5
1969	57.5
1968	57.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	54.22
2020	48.18
1950	48.02
2013	47.13
1994	43.75
1982	42.81
2019	42.33
1957	40.47
2012	40.38
2018	40.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	16.98
1988	23.37
1952	24.56
1986	25.63
1985	25.73
1970	26.07
1939	26.26
2016	26.98
1968	27.22
2002	27.45

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 98°F; 3 July 2026
Coldest night: -7°F; 2 February 2026
Wettest day: 1.55 in; 3 October 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	34.8°F 41st coldest of 89	3.42 in 41st wettest of 89
February	38.5°F 35th coldest of 88	3.38 in 42nd driest of 89
March	54.1°F 3rd warmest of 88	2.16 in 13th driest of 89
April	61.1°F 3rd warmest of 89	2.10 in 15th driest of 89
May	64.5°F 44th warmest of 88	2.86 in 40th driest of 89
June	72.4°F 33rd warmest of 89	5.36 in 14th wettest of 89
July	77.1°F 15th warmest of 89	5.29 in 35th wettest of 89
August	76.2°F 13th warmest of 88	4.94 in 22nd wettest of 89
September	73.3°F 3rd warmest of 89	1.71 in 25th driest of 89
October so far	65.7°F 20th warmest of 90	1.71 in 13th wettest of 90

Hot days and freezes

Bristol-Johnson City, TN has had 42 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2019, 11th most of 89.
Bristol-Johnson City, TN has had 57 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 50th most of 89 (with 2011, 1976 and 1951).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Bristol-Johnson City, TN came on Friday 15 May 2026, the latest since 2002, 4th latest of 89.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
17 September	Warmest day	94°F	92°F 1954	Provisional
3 July	Warmest day	98°F	96°F 2018	Provisional
11 June	Warmest day	93°F	92°F 2011	Provisional
18 May	Warmest day	93°F	92°F 1962	Provisional
15 May	Coldest night	32°F	35°F 2016	Provisional
15 April	Warmest day	86°F	85°F 1945	Provisional
12 April	Warmest day	85°F	84°F 1945	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	83°F	81°F 1938	Provisional
11 March	Warmest day	82°F	78°F 2006	Provisional
7 March	Warmest day	83°F	79°F 1956	Provisional
6 March	Warmest day	82°F	79°F 2022	Provisional
5 March	Warmest day	78°F	77°F 2022, 1955	Provisional
2 February	Coldest night	-7°F	0°F 1971	Provisional
1 February	Coldest night	-1°F	4°F 1980	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 32.93 in of precipitation in Bristol-Johnson City, TN, the driest 1 January to 9 October since 2016, 39th driest of 89.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 98°F on Friday 3 July 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: a low of -7°F on Monday 2 February 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Bristol-Johnson City, TN: 1.55 in on Saturday 3 October 2026.