Oak Ridge, TN: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 65.7°F in Oak Ridge, TN, the warmest April on record, in 79 years since 1948; provisional.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 65.7°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 79, provisional
Precipitation: 2.78 in; Driest since 2024; 20th driest of 80

A normal April in Oak Ridge, TN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.8°F, between 55.9°F and 62.4°F in eight years of ten and 4.21 in of precipitation, between 2.46 in and 9.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Oak Ridge, TN since 1948: 65.7°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 55.9 to 62.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April 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	65.7	1	79.4	1	51.9	3	2.78	61	0
2025	63.5	3	75	9	52.1	2	4.32	33	0
2024	61.5	16	72	35	51	6	2.53	66	0
2023	59.4	30	71.9	36	46.9	30	3.08	55	0
2022	58.7	35	70.9	42	46.6	34	4.24	34	0
2021	57.8	48	70.4	48	45.2	50	1.65	76	0
2020	57.3	53	69.2	59	45.3	47	6.77	12	0
2019	62.4	8	74.6	13	50.2	9	4.43	29	0
2018	55.1	70	67.3	70	42.9	65	4.42	30	0
2017	65.6	2	77.3	2	53.9	1	9.95	2	0
2016	61.4	17	73.7	19	49	20	3.60	49	0
2015	61.4	17	72.9	25	49.9	12	6.77	12	0
2014	61.3	19	73.8	16	48.8	21	4.44	28	0
2013	58.6	37	70.9	42	46.3	37	6.37	16	0
2012	61.6	14	73.7	19	49.5	14	3.10	54	0
2011	62.1	9	74.8	10	49.4	15	9.13	6	0
2010	62	10	75.6	5	48.4	23	2.94	57	0
2009	58.4	40	70.6	45	46.2	38	3.81	42	0
2008	59.4	30	70.2	51	48.6	22	3.61	47	0
2007	56.1	63	67.6	66	44.6	55	5.31	20	0
2006	63.3	4	75.4	6	51.3	4	7.66	9	0
2005	58.2	42	69.7	55	46.8	32	6.28	17	0
2004	58.6	37	70.6	45	46.7	33	3.33	52	0
2003	60.9	23	72.5	27	49.4	15	8.03	8	0
2002	61.8	12	73.9	15	49.6	13	1.76	74	0
2001	61.7	13	73.2	23	50.2	9	2.16	71	0
2000	56.4	60	67.5	67	45.3	47	7.28	10	0
1999	62	10	72.7	26	51.2	5	3.68	46	0
1998	57.6	50	69	61	46.2	38	14.03	1	0
1997	54.8	73	67.7	65	41.9	72	3.99	36	0
1996	55.1	70	69.3	56	40.9	75	3.95	37	0
1995	59.8	27	74.2	14	45.4	46	2.49	67	0
1994	59.7	28	74.7	12	44.6	55	9.81	3	0
1993	56	64	68.9	62	42.4	69	3.70	44	2
1992	58.5	39	72.2	29	44.7	54	1.64	78	0
1991	62.8	7	75.4	6	50.2	9	3.84	41	0
1990	56.2	61	70.2	51	42.2	70	2.57	65	0
1989	57.9	47	70.8	44	45	53	2.76	62	0
1988	58.2	42	72.1	32	44.4	57	3.42	50	0
1987	56.6	59	69.3	56	44	60	2.97	56	0
1986	58.3	41	73.7	19	42.9	65	1.73	75	0
1985	57.3	53	72.1	32	42.5	68	2.23	70	0
1984	54.7	74	66.6	71	42.8	67	4.16	35	0
1983	51.2	78	63.6	78	38.8	79	6.40	15	0
1982	52.6	77	65	75	40.2	76	2.79	60	0
1981	61.2	20	75.3	8	47.1	27	4.58	25	0
1980	55.4	67	69.8	54	41	74	3.89	39	0
1979	57.2	55	70.3	50	44.1	59	5.25	21	0
1978	57.2	55	71.2	41	43.1	64	3.21	53	0
1977	59.2	33	73.3	22	45.1	51	8.50	7	0
1976	56.2	61	72.4	28	40	77	0.88	80	0
1975	54.9	72	68.4	64	41.4	73	2.36	68	0
1974	57.7	49	70.2	51	45.1	51	3.78	43	0
1973	55.4	67	64.8	76	45.9	40	5.66	18	0
1972	58	46	70.4	48	45.6	43	2.94	57	0
1971	57.6	50	71.9	36	43.3	63	4.73	24	0
1970	60.3	26	73	24	47.6	26	9.24	5	0
1969	59.4	30	71.9	36	46.9	30	2.86	59	0
1968	58.2	42	69.2	59	47.1	27	5.21	22	0
1967	61.2	20	74.8	10	47.7	25	2.62	64	0
1966	56.9	58	67.4	69	46.5	35	5.50	19	0
1965	60.7	24	72.2	29	49.1	19	3.86	40	0
1964	60.7	24	71.9	36	49.4	15	7.13	11	0
1963	59.6	29	72.1	32	47.1	27	3.70	44	0
1962	53.9	75	65.6	74	42.1	71	3.94	38	0
1961	53.9	75	64.3	77	43.4	62	3.61	47	0
1960	58.7	35	72.2	29	45.3	47	2.09	72	0
1959	59	34	71.5	40	46.5	35	4.35	32	0
1958	57.5	52	69.3	56	45.8	42	6.62	14	0
1957	61.6	14	73.8	16	49.4	15	4.55	26	0
1956	57.2	55	68.6	63	45.9	40	9.71	4	0
1955	61.1	22	73.8	16	48.4	23	4.45	27	0
1954	63.2	6	76.2	3	50.3	8	1.80	73	0
1953	55.6	66	67.5	67	43.8	61	3.35	51	0
1952	58.1	45	70.6	45	45.6	43	1.65	76	0
1951	55.4	67	66.3	72	44.4	57	4.86	23	0
1950	51	79	62.9	79	39.1	78	1.39	79	0
1949	55.9	65	66.2	73	45.5	45	4.39	31	0
1948	63.3	4	75.8	4	50.7	7	2.25	69	2
1947							2.73	63	30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	65.7
2017	65.6
2025	63.5
2006	63.3
1948	63.3
1954	63.2
1991	62.8
2019	62.4
2011	62.1
2010	62
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	51
1983	51.2
1982	52.6
1962	53.9
1961	53.9
1984	54.7
1997	54.8
1975	54.9
2018	55.1
1996	55.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	14.03
2017	9.95
1994	9.81
1956	9.71
1970	9.24
2011	9.13
1977	8.50
2003	8.03
2006	7.66
2000	7.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	0.88
1950	1.39
1992	1.64
2021	1.65
1952	1.65
1986	1.73
2002	1.76
1954	1.80
1960	2.09
2001	2.16

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 16 April 2026, 15 April 2026, 12 April 2026
Coldest night: 40°F; 21 April 2026, 20 April 2026
Wettest day: 1.10 in; 28 April 2026

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Every answer in words

April 2026 brought 2.78 in of precipitation in Oak Ridge, TN, the driest April since 2024, 20th driest of 80.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 87°F on Thursday 16 April 2026, Wednesday 15 April 2026 and Sunday 12 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: a low of 40°F on Tuesday 21 April 2026 and Monday 20 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Oak Ridge, TN: 1.10 in on Tuesday 28 April 2026.