Knoxville, TN: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 70.3°F in Knoxville, TN, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2021, tied 17th warmest of 156 (with 1931).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 70.3°F; Warmest since 2021; 17th warmest of 156
Precipitation: 1.87 in; Wettest since 2021; 17th wettest of 156

A normal 1 to 9 October in Knoxville, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.5°F, between 59.1°F and 71.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.30 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.55 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Knoxville, TN since 1871: 70.3°F in 2026; the highest is 78.4°F, in 1884.

Normal range, 59.1 to 71.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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
2026	70.3	17	80.4	20	60.2	18	1.87	17
2025	69.2	22	79.8	29	58.7	25	0.07	115
2024	69.9	19	80.7	15	59.2	22	0.00	139
2023	65.7	57	77.6	57	53.8	64	0.25	98
2022	58.4	136	69.9	134	46.9	135	0.06	117
2021	71.2	12	78.7	43	63.7	8	3.46	1
2020	61.7	102	73.3	95	50.1	105	trace	129
2019	75.2	5	86.1	3	64.2	7	0.03	122
2018	76.3	3	86	4	66.7	1	trace	129
2017	68.8	27	81.9	10	55.8	51	2.16	10
2016	67.4	46	80.4	20	54.4	58	trace	129
2015	66.7	50	75	77	58.4	29	1.81	20
2014	63.3	82	74.1	86	52.6	79	1.53	29
2013	68	41	79.6	32	56.4	47	0.31	89
2012	60.7	115	68.1	148	53.3	69	1.09	41
2011	59.9	122	72.8	101	47	133	trace	129
2010	59.2	128	71.6	114	46.8	138	trace	129
2009	62.2	96	72.4	103	52	86	1.28	36
2008	63.2	83	75.9	72	50.6	98	0.87	53
2007	73.3	8	85.9	6	60.8	17	0.20	102
2006	64.5	72	76.2	67	52.8	75	1.16	38
2005	68.4	32	78.3	48	58.6	26	0.94	50
2004	63.7	80	74.8	81	52.6	79	0.03	122
2003	58.6	132	69.4	137	47.7	126	trace	129
2002	70.8	14	79.9	28	61.7	12	0.86	55
2001	58.3	139	72.3	104	44.2	150	0.22	99
2000	59.7	124	70.8	120	48.6	118	trace	129
1999	61.9	100	75	77	48.9	115	1.24	37
1998	68.3	36	78.4	46	58.1	32	1.35	34
1997	65.2	64	78.3	48	52	86	0.00	139
1996	61.3	107	70.6	124	52.1	84	0.17	105
1995	65.8	56	75.1	75	56.4	47	1.54	28
1994	64.4	73	75.9	72	53	72	1.07	42
1993	62.6	87	76.8	61	48.3	120	0.19	104
1992	58.4	136	68.8	144	48.1	123	1.66	24
1991	60.1	119	73.3	95	46.9	135	0.28	92
1990	67.3	47	79.4	33	55.1	57	1.73	23
1989	61.6	104	73.3	95	49.9	107	0.41	82
1988	58.1	141	69.1	139	47.1	132	0.67	61
1987	52.7	156	68.4	146	37	156	0.04	120
1986	68.8	27	79.7	30	57.9	37	0.48	77
1985	57.7	145	70.4	126	45	149	1.50	31
1984	62.3	91	73.7	89	51	95	0.38	84
1983	65.5	59	80.7	15	50.3	102	0.53	73
1982	70.6	16	80	27	61.2	14	0.32	88
1981	60.1	119	70.6	124	49.6	111	0.66	64
1980	57.3	147	67.7	149	46.9	135	0.03	122
1979	59.8	123	70.1	129	49.4	112	1.02	47
1978	58.9	129	70.1	129	47.8	125	0.31	89
1977	61.4	106	70.8	120	52	86	2.09	12
1976	62.3	91	71.8	112	52.8	75	2.57	2
1975	61.5	105	70	131	53	72	1.97	15
1974	55.9	152	70	131	41.8	155	0.00	139
1973	69.9	19	78.2	52	61.6	13	1.89	16
1972	58.7	131	69.7	136	47.7	126	1.85	18
1971	67.8	44	77.2	59	58.4	29	1.04	45
1970	65.3	61	78.4	46	52.2	83	0.02	127
1969	65.1	66	74.6	82	55.6	54	0.42	81
1968	60.9	113	71.3	116	50.4	100	1.98	14
1967	65.3	61	77.7	56	53	72	0.87	53
1966	58.4	136	70.3	127	46.4	142	1.07	42
1965	61.7	102	72	109	51.3	91	0.67	61
1964	59.3	127	68.8	144	49.9	107	1.05	44
1963	64.3	75	77.9	54	50.8	96	0.00	139
1962	69	25	79.4	33	58.6	26	1.46	33
1961	58.9	129	71.2	117	46.7	139	2.52	4
1960	67.9	42	76.4	64	59.3	21	2.54	3
1959	72.9	9	83.3	8	62.6	9	2.20	7
1958	61.2	109	72	109	50.4	100	0.63	67
1957	62.8	86	71.4	115	54.2	60	2.19	8
1956	67.2	48	77.9	54	56.6	46	0.20	102
1955	68.4	32	78.3	48	58.4	29	2.12	11
1954	71.1	13	81	13	61.1	15	0.05	118
1953	66.2	53	79.7	30	52.8	75	0.09	114
1952	60.3	117	72.3	104	48.2	121	0.58	70
1951	68.1	40	80.3	23	55.8	51	0.27	93
1950	62	99	73.4	91	50.6	98	0.45	79
1949	68.3	36	80.2	24	56.4	47	0.04	120
1948	61.8	101	72.3	104	51.2	93	0.22	99
1947	64.8	69	76.1	69	53.4	68	0.57	71
1946	60.4	116	73.4	91	47.4	130	1.53	29
1945	61.3	107	69.9	134	52.7	78	1.75	22
1944	68.8	27	79.4	33	58.1	32	1.00	48
1943	61.2	109	75.2	74	47.2	131	0.00	139
1942	63.8	78	78.3	48	49.3	114	0.34	87
1941	76.4	2	87.2	2	65.6	4	0.60	68
1940	62.4	89	75	77	49.8	110	0.27	93
1939	68.6	30	80.4	20	56.8	45	0.13	108
1938	64.7	71	79.1	37	50.2	104	0.00	139
1937	66.4	52	74.3	85	58.6	26	2.31	6
1936	68.4	32	77.4	58	59.4	20	0.65	65
1935	56.9	148	70	131	43.8	151	0.02	127
1934	65.4	60	75.1	75	55.8	51	1.62	25
1933	63.2	83	72.9	100	53.6	67	0.03	122
1932	57.8	143	69	140	46.6	141	1.11	39
1931	70.3	17	82.4	9	58.1	32	trace	129
1930	63.5	81	74.9	80	52.1	84	0.52	74
1929	58.6	132	65.9	155	51.2	93	0.11	110
1928	67.1	49	76.7	63	57.4	40	0.86	55
1927	70.7	15	81.8	11	59.7	19	0.65	65
1926	68.3	36	78.7	43	57.9	37	0.41	82
1925	65.7	57	72.3	104	59	24	1.85	18
1924	64.4	73	76.4	64	52.3	82	0.00	139
1923	62.3	91	73.2	98	51.3	91	0.00	139
1922	67.9	42	78.9	39	57	42	0.91	52
1921	55.7	154	67.6	151	43.8	151	0.17	105
1920	55.8	153	68.9	142	42.7	153	0.00	139
1919	71.4	10	80.2	24	62.6	9	0.75	60
1918	67.6	45	78.9	39	56.3	50	0.00	139
1917	56.7	149	67.7	149	45.7	148	0.10	112
1916	65.9	55	78.7	43	53.2	70	0.14	107
1915	61.1	111	68.9	142	53.2	70	1.55	27
1914	68.4	32	78.8	42	58.1	32	0.99	49
1913	66.6	51	78.9	39	54.2	60	0.00	139
1912	65.1	66	78.2	52	52	86	trace	129
1911	74.4	6	84.2	7	64.7	6	0.38	84
1910	69.1	24	79	38	59.1	23	0.44	80
1909	64.2	76	76.8	61	51.6	90	0.00	139
1908	58.5	134	70.3	127	46.7	139	1.31	35
1907	64.2	76	74.6	82	53.9	63	0.52	74
1906	62.3	91	70.7	122	54	62	1.57	26
1905	69.2	22	80.2	24	58.1	32	0.56	72
1904	64.9	68	76.2	67	53.7	65	0.00	139
1903	68.2	39	79.4	33	57	42	1.10	40
1902	63.8	78	73.9	88	53.7	65	0.03	122
1901	59.4	126	71.8	112	47	133	0.50	76
1900	71.4	10	80.6	19	62.3	11	0.93	51
1899	57.8	143	69.3	138	46.3	143	0.80	59
1898	73.6	7	80.7	15	66.6	2	1.48	32
1897	64.8	69	81.4	12	48.2	121	0.00	139
1896	60.3	117	72	109	48.7	117	0.00	139
1895	58.5	134	71.1	118	45.9	145	0.27	93
1894	62.6	87	72.7	102	52.6	79	0.27	93
1893	65.2	64	76	70	54.4	58	1.03	46
1892	62.1	98	73.4	91	50.8	96	0.38	84
1891	63.2	83	71.1	118	55.3	55	0.21	101
1890	65.3	61	73.6	90	57	42	0.85	57
1889	56.6	150	67.3	152	45.8	146	trace	129
1888	56.3	151	66.8	154	45.8	146	0.83	58
1887	62.4	89	76.3	66	48.6	118	0.00	139
1886	59.7	124	73.4	91	46	144	0.00	139
1885	57.7	145	67.3	152	48	124	2.02	13
1884	78.4	1	90.9	1	66	3	0.00	139
1883	68.6	30	76	70	61.1	15	2.32	5
1882	69.3	21	80.9	14	57.8	39	0.10	112
1881	69	25	80.7	15	57.3	41	0.12	109
1880	62.2	96	74.1	86	50.3	102	0.31	89
1879	75.8	4	86	4	65.6	4	0.48	77
1878	66.1	54	77	60	55.2	56	0.60	68
1877	60.1	119	70.7	122	49.4	112	2.17	9
1876	53.7	155	65	156	42.4	154	0.07	115
1875	57.9	142	68.2	147	47.6	128	1.77	21
1874	61.1	111	72.2	108	49.9	107	0.11	110
1873	58.3	139	69	140	47.6	128	0.26	97
1872	60.9	113	73	99	48.8	116	0.67	61
1871	62.3	91	74.6	82	50	106	0.05	118

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1884	78.4
1941	76.4
2018	76.3
1879	75.8
2019	75.2
1911	74.4
1898	73.6
2007	73.3
1959	72.9
1919	71.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	52.7
1876	53.7
1921	55.7
1920	55.8
1974	55.9
1888	56.3
1889	56.6
1917	56.7
1935	56.9
1980	57.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	3.46
1976	2.57
1960	2.54
1961	2.52
1883	2.32
1937	2.31
1959	2.20
1957	2.19
1877	2.17
2017	2.16

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.00
1997	0.00
1974	0.00
1963	0.00
1943	0.00
1938	0.00
1924	0.00
1923	0.00
1920	0.00
1918	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 55°F; 6 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.79 in; 3 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.87 in of precipitation in Knoxville, TN, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2021, 17th wettest of 156.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Knoxville, TN: 88°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Knoxville, TN: a low of 55°F on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Knoxville, TN: 1.79 in on Saturday 3 October 2026.