Knoxville, TN: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 39°F in Knoxville, TN, the warmest January since 2023, tied 75th warmest of 155 (with 1901).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 39°F; Warmest since 2023; 75th warmest of 155
Precipitation: 3.87 in; Driest since 2025; 68th driest of 156

A normal January in Knoxville, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.3°F, between 33.9°F and 43.8°F in eight years of ten and 4.36 in of precipitation, between 2.51 in and 7.29 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Knoxville, TN since 1871: 39°F in 2026; the highest is 52°F, in 1950.

Normal range, 33.9 to 43.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Knoxville, TN from 1871 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	39	75	48.3	68	29.6	85	3.87	88	0
2025	33.1	140	41.7	138	24.5	137	2.92	118	0
2024	36.3	109	45.7	101	27	115	6.21	33	0
2023	44.9	16	53.4	19	36.4	13	6.23	31	0
2022	36.5	106	45.4	105	27.6	108	5.74	41	0
2021	39.7	69	46.8	86	32.5	52	2.66	126	0
2020	45.2	14	53.3	20	37.2	12	7.26	19	0
2019	40.5	58	48.7	61	32.3	55	4.98	52	0
2018	33.9	133	44.4	115	23.3	144	1.54	152	0
2017	47.2	9	54.9	11	39.5	8	3.37	105	0
2016	35.9	113	45	110	26.7	120	2.76	123	0
2015	37	98	45.7	101	28.3	100	3.39	103	0
2014	31.5	146	42.6	130	20.5	153	3.12	114	0
2013	42.7	36	51.1	40	34.2	33	12.67	2	0
2012	43.2	29	52.7	23	33.8	36	5.67	42	0
2011	36	111	44.2	119	27.7	106	3.42	101	0
2010	34.3	127	42	135	26.6	122	6.21	33	0
2009	36.6	104	46.2	96	27	115	6.60	30	0
2008	37	98	46.9	85	27.1	114	3.13	113	0
2007	41.1	51	50.6	43	31.7	61	2.12	141	0
2006	45.6	13	55.4	10	35.9	17	4.00	81	0
2005	43	32	52	28	34	34	2.33	131	0
2004	37.3	93	46.5	90	28	104	2.74	124	0
2003	33.8	135	41.8	136	25.9	128	3.17	110	0
2002	41.5	46	51.4	35	31.6	62	8.06	11	0
2001	35.5	116	43.9	124	27	115	4.74	56	0
2000	37.5	92	46	98	29	92	5.14	48	0
1999	43.6	23	53.2	21	34	34	6.62	27	0
1998	42.8	34	50.8	42	34.8	28	4.62	62	0
1997	39.4	72	48.2	69	30.6	77	5.20	47	0
1996	36.4	107	45.5	103	27.3	111	7.53	16	0
1995	39.2	73	47.5	75	30.8	75	4.90	54	0
1994	32	145	39.6	147	24.3	138	7.08	20	0
1993	43.5	24	51.5	34	35.5	20	4.09	77	0
1992	40.5	58	49.8	48	31.2	69	3.87	88	0
1991	41.2	50	48.8	59	33.5	39	2.53	129	0
1990	44.7	17	54.5	14	34.9	27	5.88	39	0
1989	42.8	34	54.3	16	31.3	66	4.96	53	0
1988	33.9	133	44.1	121	23.7	141	4.29	69	0
1987	36.8	102	45	110	28.6	94	4.68	58	0
1986	35	122	48.5	64	21.4	149	0.95	156	0
1985	29.4	151	38.4	151	20.4	154	3.17	110	0
1984	35.3	119	44.5	113	26.1	127	2.26	135	0
1983	38	87	46.6	89	29.3	89	1.58	150	0
1982	33.8	135	43.8	126	23.7	141	6.03	38	0
1981	33.4	137	42.5	131	24.3	138	1.05	155	0
1980	41.6	44	48.4	66	34.8	28	5.54	43	0
1979	33	141	41.3	141	24.7	136	6.18	35	0
1978	29.4	151	36.8	152	22	148	5.22	46	0
1977	27.2	154	35.4	154	18.9	155	2.55	127	0
1976	34.3	127	43.7	127	24.8	135	3.86	90	0
1975	43.3	27	53	22	33.6	38	4.66	60	0
1974	49.3	4	56.6	8	41.9	3	7.05	21	0
1973	38	87	46.3	95	29.7	83	3.24	107	0
1972	42.4	38	51.8	29	33.1	42	7.35	18	0
1971	38.5	82	47.5	75	29.5	86	5.03	50	0
1970	30.5	148	39.8	145	21.3	150	3.04	115	0
1969	36.4	107	44.5	113	28.4	98	4.11	76	0
1968	37.1	97	45.8	99	28.3	100	4.13	74	0
1967	41.9	41	51.4	35	32.4	54	2.67	125	0
1966	34	132	41.4	140	26.5	123	3.88	86	0
1965	40.1	64	49.4	53	30.8	75	3.94	85	0
1964	36.3	109	47	82	25.6	130	4.71	57	0
1963	33.4	137	44.2	119	22.5	146	4.20	72	0
1962	36.9	100	45.5	103	28.4	98	6.22	32	0
1961	34.2	129	44.1	121	24.3	138	2.55	127	0
1960	40.7	54	48.4	66	33.1	42	3.39	103	0
1959	37.2	95	47.5	75	27	115	4.09	77	0
1958	35.6	115	43.9	124	27.2	112	2.13	140	0
1957	41.4	48	49.6	50	33.1	42	9.63	7	0
1956	36	111	44.4	115	27.7	106	3.18	109	0
1955	38.7	80	47	82	30.5	78	1.63	149	0
1954	39.8	68	49.5	51	30.1	79	11.74	3	0
1953	44.6	18	54.3	16	35	24	4.12	75	0
1952	46.5	11	54.9	11	38.1	11	4.56	63	0
1951	41.9	41	51.7	30	32.1	58	5.02	51	0
1950	52	1	60.6	1	43.4	2	9.39	9	0
1949	48.5	6	57.2	4	39.7	7	6.81	24	0
1948	32.2	144	40.9	143	23.5	143	3.57	98	0
1947	43.5	24	52.2	26	34.7	30	9.64	6	0
1946	40.1	64	48.9	57	31.4	64	10.01	5	0
1945	38	87	47	82	29	92	2.18	137	0
1944	40.9	52	50.5	44	31.3	66	2.05	145	0
1943	42.4	38	52.6	24	32.2	56	2.09	143	0
1942	37.6	91	47.4	78	27.9	105	2.88	120	0
1941	40.7	54	48.9	57	32.5	52	2.08	144	0
1940	26.7	155	34.5	155	18.9	155	2.31	132	0
1939	42.6	37	52.2	26	33	47	3.82	91	0
1938	40.3	62	48.6	62	32	60	4.30	68	0
1937	51.5	2	58.9	3	44	1	11.63	4	0
1936	34.8	124	43.2	128	26.3	125	7.84	13	0
1935	41.4	48	49.3	54	33.5	39	3.48	100	0
1934	43	32	50.9	41	35.1	22	3.96	84	1
1933	46.8	10	54.6	13	38.9	10	2.82	122	0
1932	48.5	6	56.9	7	40	6	5.37	44	0
1931	40	67	48.8	59	31.2	69	1.79	147	0
1930	40.3	62	49.5	51	31.1	71	2.19	136	0
1929	40.6	56	49.2	55	32.1	58	4.34	66	0
1928	38.4	84	47.2	80	29.5	86	2.27	134	0
1927	40.1	64	47.6	72	32.7	49	2.35	130	0
1926	38.3	85	45.3	106	31.4	64	4.06	79	0
1925	41.5	46	48.5	64	34.5	31	3.77	94	0
1924	34.8	124	44.7	112	24.9	132	4.24	71	0
1923	44	19	51.6	33	36.3	15	5.77	40	0
1922	39.7	69	46.8	86	32.6	51	4.64	61	0
1921	41.9	41	50	46	33.8	36	3.40	102	0
1920	40.6	56	50.1	45	31.6	62	2.94	117	1
1919	39.1	74	48.2	69	30	80	4.67	59	0
1918	29.2	153	36	153	22.4	147	6.62	27	0
1917	43.4	26	51.7	30	35	24	6.82	23	0
1916	45	15	54.4	15	35.7	19	5.23	45	0
1915	38.8	77	46.5	90	31	73	4.18	73	0
1914	41.6	44	50	46	33.2	41	1.64	148	0
1913	46.4	12	57.1	5	35.8	18	8.93	10	0
1912	32.8	142	40.7	144	24.9	132	3.00	116	0
1911	43.1	30	51.2	39	35	24	4.79	55	0
1910					28.6	94	2.15	139	9
1909	43.9	21	51.7	30	36	16	3.17	110	0
1908	36.8	102	44.3	118	29.2	90	4.04	80	0
1907	48.1	8	57	6	39.3	9	1.29	154	0
1906	42.2	40	51.4	35	33.1	42	3.60	97	0
1905	31.2	147	39.2	149	23.2	145	3.24	107	0
1904	35.3	119	44.4	115	26.2	126	2.02	146	0
1903	37.3	93	45.2	109	29.4	88	2.10	142	0
1902	36.9	100	45.3	106	28.5	97	3.71	95	0
1901	39	75	46.8	86	31.3	66	4.31	67	0
1900	38.3	85	47.4	78	29.2	90	3.35	106	0
1899	38.5	82	47.2	80	29.9	82	3.70	96	0
1898	43.3	27	51.3	38	35.3	21	7.68	14	0
1897	35.8	114	45.3	106	26.4	124	2.91	119	0
1896	40.4	61	48.6	62	32.2	56	1.49	153	0
1895	35.2	121	42.1	133	28.3	100	6.72	25	0
1894	43.8	22	52.5	25	35.1	22	3.80	93	0
1893	29.7	150	38.7	150	20.7	152	1.56	151	0
1892	34.8	124	42.1	133	27.6	108	6.16	36	0
1891	39.7	69	46.4	93	33.1	42	4.36	65	0
1890	48.8	5	56.4	9	41.2	4	4.26	70	0
1889	40.9	52	49	56	32.7	49	3.88	86	0
1888	40.5	58	48	71	32.9	48	6.61	29	0
1887	37.2	95	47.6	72	26.9	119	3.99	82	0
1886	33.2	139	41.5	139	24.9	132	6.12	37	0
1885	35.4	118	44.1	121	26.7	120	7.64	15	0
1884	30.4	149	39.7	146	21.1	151	6.66	26	0
1883	38.8	77	47.6	72	30	80	7.94	12	0
1882	43.1	30	49.7	49	36.4	13	16.98	1	0
1881	35.5	116	42.5	131	28.6	94	4.41	64	0
1880	50.2	3	60.3	2	40.1	5	2.16	138	0
1879	36.6	104	45.8	99	27.5	110	9.59	8	0
1878	37.9	90	46.1	97	29.7	83	2.85	121	0
1877	34.2	129	42.7	129	25.7	129	7.49	17	0
1876	44	19	53.8	18	34.3	32	3.99	82	0
1875	35	122	41.8	136	28.1	103	6.92	22	0
1874	38.8	77	46.4	93	31.1	71	5.14	48	0
1873	34.1	131	41.1	142	27.2	112	3.82	91	0
1872	32.6	143	39.6	147	25.5	131	3.49	99	0
1871	38.7	80	46.5	90	30.9	74	2.29	133	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	52
1937	51.5
1880	50.2
1974	49.3
1890	48.8
1949	48.5
1932	48.5
1907	48.1
2017	47.2
1933	46.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	26.7
1977	27.2
1918	29.2
1985	29.4
1978	29.4
1893	29.7
1884	30.4
1970	30.5
1905	31.2
2014	31.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1882	16.98
2013	12.67
1954	11.74
1937	11.63
1946	10.01
1947	9.64
1957	9.63
1879	9.59
1950	9.39
1913	8.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.95
1981	1.05
1907	1.29
1896	1.49
2018	1.54
1893	1.56
1983	1.58
1955	1.63
1914	1.64
1931	1.79

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 68°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.13 in; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.87 in of precipitation in Knoxville, TN, the driest January since 2025, tied 68th driest of 156 (with 1992).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Knoxville, TN: 68°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Knoxville, TN: a low of 10°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Knoxville, TN: 1.13 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.