Oak Ridge, TN: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 66°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest 1 January to 9 October on record, in 78 years since 1949; provisional.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 66°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 78, provisional
Precipitation: 41.71 in; Driest since 2024; 35th driest of 79

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 62.9°F, between 61.2°F and 64.8°F in eight years of ten and 43.70 in of precipitation, between 34.98 in and 54.50 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Oak Ridge, TN since 1949: 66°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 61.2 to 64.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Oak Ridge, TN from 1947 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	66	1	77.5	1	54.5	2	41.71	45	0
2025	63.1	17	73.4	29	52.7	14	44.49	32	20
2024	64.8	5	75.2	9	54.3	5	40.67	49	1
2023	64.1	10	74.4	18	53.9	9	42.38	43	0
2022	63.5	13	74.3	20	52.6	16	46.92	20	0
2021	63	20	73.2	34	52.8	12	47.58	19	0
2020	63.9	12	73.7	25	54.1	7	55.52	4	0
2019	65.5	2	75.9	3	55.1	1	54.39	6	0
2018	64.5	8	74.5	15	54.5	2	46.27	23	0
2017	64.9	4	75.3	7	54.5	2	50.62	16	0
2016	64.8	5	75.7	5	53.8	10	35.44	66	0
2015	62.9	25	73.3	31	52.5	18	41.59	46	0
2014	61.7	41	72.5	42	50.9	38	42.76	41	0
2013	61.9	38	71.7	50	52.1	24	54.33	7	0
2012	65.1	3	76	2	54.2	6	40.00	50	0
2011	63.4	16	74.1	23	52.7	14	50.76	15	0
2010	62.6	29	72.8	38	52.3	22	40.77	48	0
2009	61.9	38	71.9	47	51.9	26	46.01	24	0
2008	62.1	34	73.1	35	51.2	33	33.61	69	0
2007	64.1	10	75.5	6	52.8	12	24.92	79	0
2006	63.1	17	73.6	27	52.5	18	38.11	56	0
2005	63	20	73.4	29	52.5	18	36.66	60	0
2004	62.3	31	72.5	42	52.2	23	45.65	26	0
2003	61.6	42	71.3	58	51.7	28	55.74	3	2
2002	63.5	13	74.5	15	52.5	18	43.79	35	0
2001	61.3	46	71.6	51	51	37	38.92	54	0
2000	62.7	28	73.3	31	52.1	24	39.70	53	0
1999	62.9	25	74	24	51.8	27	43.98	33	0
1998	64.7	7	75.9	3	53.5	11	52.32	11	0
1997	62.4	30	74.2	22	50.5	44	46.36	22	0
1996	60.4	54	71.8	48	49.1	61	51.92	12	0
1995	63	20	75.2	9	50.8	40	35.59	64	0
1994	59.8	65	71.5	54	48.1	70	58.25	1	0
1993	62.2	33	73.7	25	50.5	44	35.13	67	2
1992	60.7	50	71.8	48	49.7	51	31.45	74	0
1991	63.5	13	74.4	18	52.6	16	43.60	37	0
1990	63.1	17	74.8	11	51.4	29	42.81	40	0
1989	61.4	45	72.1	45	50.8	40	54.89	5	2
1988	60.7	50	73.3	31	48.2	69	35.57	65	0
1987	61.5	43	73.1	35	49.8	50	34.13	68	0
1986	62	36	74.3	20	49.7	51	25.60	78	0
1985	57.7	78	69.4	79	46	79	38.29	55	0
1984	58.3	76	70.2	73	46.5	77	44.51	31	0
1983	59.7	67	71.6	51	47.9	73	30.90	77	0
1982	59.9	62	71.2	60	48.5	67	43.65	36	0
1981	59.3	71	71.6	51	47	75	31.45	74	0
1980	60.5	53	72.6	40	48.4	68	32.56	70	0
1979	58.8	74	69.7	75	48	71	58.14	2	0
1978	58.2	77	69.7	75	46.6	76	36.00	63	0
1977	59.3	71	71	63	47.5	74	46.55	21	0
1976	58.6	75	70.8	67	46.4	78	41.86	44	0
1975	60.1	58	71.2	60	49.1	61	49.28	17	1
1974	60.8	49	71.4	56	50.3	46	45.80	25	0
1973	61.2	47	71	63	51.4	29	54.01	8	0
1972	59.9	62	70.6	71	49.3	59	45.24	29	0
1971	60.2	56	70.8	67	49.6	55	43.35	39	0
1970	60.4	54	71.5	54	49.4	58	39.89	51	0
1969	60.2	56	70.8	67	49.6	55	37.16	59	0
1968	60	61	71	63	49.1	61	32.10	71	0
1967	59.8	65	70.9	66	48.8	64	53.41	9	0
1966	59.7	67	70.3	72	49.2	60	36.12	62	0
1965	60.7	50	71.3	58	50	48	43.87	34	0
1964	60.1	58	71.4	56	48.8	64	39.71	52	0
1963	59.6	70	71.1	62	48	71	37.41	58	0
1962	61.2	47	72	46	50.3	46	51.83	13	0
1961	60.1	58	70.7	70	49.5	57	45.43	27	0
1960	59.7	67	69.7	75	49.7	51	44.89	30	0
1959	62	36	72.6	40	51.4	29	36.60	61	0
1958	59.9	62	70.2	73	49.7	51	31.72	73	0
1957	64.4	9	74.6	14	54	8	48.84	18	2
1956	62.1	34	72.8	38	51.3	32	51.00	14	3
1955	62.3	31	73.6	27	50.9	38	45.32	28	0
1954	63	20	75.3	7	50.7	42	43.37	38	2
1953	63	20	74.7	13	51.2	33	37.48	57	0
1952	62.8	27	74.5	15	51.1	35	31.14	76	0
1951	61.5	43	72.9	37	50	48	42.71	42	0
1950	59.1	73	69.5	78	48.8	64	53.31	10	1
1949	61.8	40	72.2	44	51.1	35	41.33	47	2
1948			74.8	11	50.7	42	32.06	72	31
1947									181

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	66
2019	65.5
2012	65.1
2017	64.9
2024	64.8
2016	64.8
1998	64.7
2018	64.5
1957	64.4
2023	64.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	57.7
1978	58.2
1984	58.3
1976	58.6
1979	58.8
1950	59.1
1981	59.3
1977	59.3
1963	59.6
1983	59.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1994	58.25
1979	58.14
2003	55.74
2020	55.52
1989	54.89
2019	54.39
2013	54.33
1973	54.01
1967	53.41
1950	53.31

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	24.92
1986	25.60
1983	30.90
1952	31.14
1992	31.45
1981	31.45
1958	31.72
1948	32.06
1968	32.10
1980	32.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 4 September 2026, 3 September 2026
Coldest night: 8°F; 27 January 2026
Wettest day: 3.15 in; 28 June 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	38.1°F 34th warmest of 78	4.75 in 38th driest of 79
February	44.1°F 26th warmest of 78	5.20 in 30th wettest of 79
March	58.7°F 2nd warmest of 79	3.33 in 13th driest of 79
April	65.7°F Warmest of 79	2.78 in 20th driest of 80
May	68.7°F 22nd warmest of 79	7.15 in 9th wettest of 80
June	76.3°F 15th warmest of 79	5.54 in 26th wettest of 80
July	80.8°F 8th warmest of 80	5.82 in 28th wettest of 80
August	80.2°F 5th warmest of 80	3.96 in 33rd wettest of 80
September	78.5°F 2nd warmest of 79	1.99 in 18th driest of 80
October so far	70.2°F 6th warmest of 79	1.19 in 28th wettest of 80

Hot days and freezes

Oak Ridge, TN has had 73 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2019, 5th most of 79.
Oak Ridge, TN has had 2 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2012, tied 8th most of 79 (with 1998, 1993 and 1983).
Oak Ridge, TN has had 43 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 57th most of 79 (with 2000).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN came on Sunday 29 March 2026, the latest since 2025, tied 63rd latest of 79 (with 2015 and 2013).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
18 September	Warmest day	96°F	95°F 1954	Provisional
17 September	Warmest day	97°F	94°F 2019, 1991	Provisional
15 September	Warmest day	96°F	95°F 2019	Provisional
11 September	Warmest day	96°F	94°F 2019	Provisional
3 September	Warmest day	100°F	99°F 2011	Provisional
12 June	Warmest day	95°F	94°F 2016	Provisional
15 April	Warmest day	87°F	86°F 2024, 2006, 1992, 1972, 1954	Provisional
22 March	Warmest day	87°F	83°F 2011	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	87°F	84°F 2012	Provisional
6 March	Warmest day	84°F	81°F 1956	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 41.71 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the driest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 35th driest of 79.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Oak Ridge, TN: 100°F on Friday 4 September 2026 and Thursday 3 September 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 8°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Oak Ridge, TN: 3.15 in on Sunday 28 June 2026.